Kirsten G Engel, Lucia R I Millham, Irene M Yeh, Patrick W Malecha, Kate Brizzi, Andrea Wershof Schwartz, Dorothy W Tolchin
Assessing the Impact of a Hospice and Palliative Medicine Mentored Clinical Shadowing Experience for First-Year Medical and Dental Students: A Pilot Study
The American journal of hospice & palliative care
examining recruitment retention teachers rural areas david monk begins noting numerous possible characteristics rural communitiessmall size sparse settlement distance population concentrations economic reliance agricultural industries increasingly using seasonal immigrant workers minimize labor costs many though rural areas says seriously impoverished classes rural schools relatively small teachers tend report satisfaction work environments relatively problems discipline teacher turnover often high hiring difficult monk observes rural schools belowaverage share highly trained teachers compensation rural schools tends low perhaps lower fiscal capacity rural areas thus complicating efforts attract retain teachers several student characteristics including relatively large shares students special needs limited english skills lower shares students attending college also make difficult recruit retain highquality teachers challenges include meeting needs highly mobile children lowincome migrant farm workers respect public policy monk asserts need focus subcategory might called hardtostaff rural schools rather develop blanket set policies rural schools particular recommends focus indicators low teacher qualifications teaching fields far removed area training difficulty hiring high turnover lack diversity among teachers school presence migrant farm workers children successful efforts stimulate economic growth areas would highly beneficial also calls attention potential modern telecommunication computing technologies offset drawbacks associated teaching rural areas