Building a teacher workforce data plan starts with asking what you need to understand—and whether your data can answer that question. A single number, like an overall retention rate, may show what is happening without revealing where to focus or why.
In "Building a Teacher Workforce Data Plan That Drives Action," the second webinar in Impact Florida’s Strengthening the Teacher Workforce series, Jessica Solano shows district leaders how to use workforce data to make better decisions. Drawing on a district example, the session demonstrates how combining data with teacher feedback can help teams move from a broad concern to a more specific question they can investigate.
In this session, you’ll learn how to:
- Establish a baseline across areas such as retention and attrition, vacancies, hiring and onboarding, teacher experience, and mentoring.
- Make sure workforce measures use consistent definitions and can be compared over time.
- Match the data you collect to the question you want to answer—for example, looking at new teacher retention by school or comparing mentor assignments with which teachers stay or leave.
- Use each finding to identify what’s still unknown and decide what question to investigate next.
- Combine administrative data with teacher feedback to better understand what may be contributing to a pattern.
- Turn a question into a practical data plan: identify the evidence you need, who can help, and when your team will review it.
The session also shows how combining workforce data with teacher feedback can help explain differences in new teacher retention. Looking at when teachers were hired, what orientation they received, and what they experienced in their first weeks can help a district identify where new teachers may need more preparation and support.
Keep learning with the Strengthening the Teacher Workforce series
Five remaining webinars take district teams deeper into each step, including building a teacher workforce data plan, defining the problem, gathering stakeholder input, identifying root causes, designing a prototype, and planning for implementation.
Each session includes a practical resource your team can use to begin applying the work in your district. We also encourage participants to attend with colleagues who may become part of their teacher workforce team.
A digital resource to guide your team through the work
Impact Florida is also developing a Teacher Recruitment + Retention Resource, launching in summer 2027.
The digital resource will translate lessons from the Teacher Workforce Cadre into a step-by-step experience that district teams can work through together at their own pace. It will include practical guidance, tools, and examples from Florida districts to help teams understand a workforce challenge, identify its causes, test a response, and use what they learn to guide next steps.
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