“One thing I’ve learned that we all have in common, from Florida to Nebraska to Illinois to California, is our vacancies,” says Principal Adam Lane. “Teachers are leaving. How do we keep them? What do we do?”
Lane knows whereof he speaks: He faced 72 vacancies among teachers and staff when he took the reins of Haines City High School in Florida eight years ago.
The Florida principal presented Friday at the National Association for Secondary School Principals’ Ignite 2023 Conference about how he addressed these common problems by proactively filling vacancies and stressing school culture to improve retention.
