Staffing rural and regional schools remains an intractable problem. This study identifies effective incentives for attracting teachers to difficult-to-staff rural and remote schools in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Compared to their urban counterparts, students in these schools are disadvantaged by teacher staff shortages, inexperience and attrition. The research investigated the ability for existing incentives of the NSW Department of Education, other education systems and other professions to attract professionals to rural and remote appointments using a discrete choice experiment methodology. The findings identify ways of attracting teachers of differing levels of experience and commitment to work in such areas.

为农村和地区学校配备人员仍然是一个棘手的问题。本研究确定了吸引教师到澳大利亚新南威尔士州 (NSW) 难以找到教职员工的农村和偏远学校的有效激励措施。与城市同龄人相比，这些学校的学生因师资短缺、经验不足和人员流失而处于不利地位。该研究调查了新南威尔士州教育部、其他教育系统和其他职业的现有激励措施，以使用离散选择实验方法吸引专业人士到农村和远程约会的能力。调查结果确定了吸引具有不同经验水平和致力于在这些领域工作的教师的方法。