Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, the Highlands, Moray, the Shetland Islands and the Orkney Islands will consider proposals including higher salaries for teachers willing to move north and more teacher training places at both the University of the Highlands and Islands and Aberdeen University.
The local authorities have invited first minister Nicola Sturgeon to the summit, who last month asked voters to make education the main issue by which her SNP administration should be judged.
In some cases the councils have already offered advance payments and free accommodation in an attempt to recruit new teachers.
Aberdeen City alone now has 19 secondary teacher vacancies, as well as seeking 36 primary and four additional support needs (ASN) teachers. It also has vacancies for headteachers at two secondaries and nine primaries.
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