This brief is from EdResearch for Action, an initiative at the Annenberg Institute at Brown University examines strategic staffing as an approach to redesigning teaching roles, time, and compensation in response to persistent challenges with teacher recruitment and retention. The research highlights three components that have demonstrated positive outcomes independently. Collaborative teaching can distribute instructional responsibilities while improving student achievement, differentiated roles can create opportunities for effective teachers to take on additional responsibilities while remaining in the classroom, and differentiated compensation can reduce turnover when pay increases are substantial and connected to clearly defined roles. The brief also notes that evidence for models combining all three components remains preliminary, pointing to the need for additional research on how these approaches work together. This resource may help school, district, and state leaders consider strategies for strengthening teacher retention, instructional quality, and student outcomes.