Welcome to the Golden LEAF Educational Consortium’s Toolbox of Strategies for Recruitment, Retention and Resilience. The Golden LEAF Educational Consortium has assisted many school systems in rural Eastern North Carolina as they have worked to recruit quality teachers. Quality teachers are the key to higher educational outcomes for students. Unfortunately, many of these important teachers are leaving school systems at an alarming rate, especially in rural areas. As a result of this problem, the Golden LEAF Educational Consortium has developed a Toolbox of Strategies to enhance teacher recruitment and retention efforts in rural school systems.