Bigham, GaryBigham, Gary2024-04-022024-04-022023-12December 2December 2https://hdl.handle.net/11310/6398This composite submission addresses teacher retention, which has been an area of concern for school districts for decades. The first scholarly deliverable is a case study titled “Can Using Strengths Find and Keep a Teacher Workforce?” This article challenges how the reader thinks about solving issues like teacher turnover and could be utilized in a graduate program for educational leadership to discuss and explore different solutions that would help decrease teacher turnover rates. The second scholarly deliverable is titled “What and How Can District Strategies Be Used to Retain Teachers?” This article explains how one Texas school district addressed its teacher turnover rates over 5 years.application/pdfEducation, Ruralteacher retention; teacher turnover; technical issues; adaptive challenges; teacher needs; retention strategiesThesis2024-04-02