To guide our landscape mapping process, our team developed a set of search terms and definitions. The defined search parameters were intended to be inclusive of a wide range of programs, initiatives, partnerships, organizations, and policies while maintaining a clear focus on the outcome of increasing diversity of the educator workforce in New England.

Programs, initiatives, partnerships, and organizations included in our landscape map included those that were active during the time of the landscape mapping (August 2021-February 2022) and had an explicit and named focus on increasing educator diversity in New England. A number of school districts and organizations in the region have broader diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives underway, a precondition necessary to creating a culture and climate in schools to attract and retain a diverse talent pool; however, unless educator diversity was explicitly named, these initiatives were not included in the analysis. See Appendix A for more detailed description of search parameters.