Mistreatment Of Teachers

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The paper is a review of research work done on the mistreatment of school teachers by school principals. The paper states that in order to examine this topic, it reviewed research articles of a peer-reviewed nature and research studies, conducted in this area of study. The paper highlights that teacher retention has been a focus of much research in recent years but has failed to delve deeply into the perceptions of the treatment of the teachers by the school principals in relation to teacher retention. Instead it has focused on the self-efficacy as well as education and training of teachers.

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"According to the work of Joseph and Jo Blase entitled: "Art and Science of Instructional Leadership" over the past few years various school districts have to some degree "decentralized operations to implement forms of school-based shared decision making in their efforts to restructure schools. Hand in hand with such efforts has been a nascent move to empower and professionalize teachers, notably, in the areas of instructional supervision and staff development." (2006) In a National Study of the Mistreated Teacher entitled: "NAPTA: Survey Report" it is reported that the purposes of the study were identification of American school teachers' perceptions of "the major sources and intensity of the experience of mistreatment by a principal; to identify the effects of such mistreatment; to determine if the perceptions of mistreatment vary by demographic variables; to identify teachers' coping skills, and to describe teachers' perceptions of contributing factors." (Blase, Blase, and Fenging, 2006) The method of study was a "descriptive study, self-administered, on-line questionnaire of 219 items at the website of the National Association for the Prevention of Teacher Abuse (http:endteacherabuse.org) 172 US elementary, middle, and high school teachers indicating they had experienced mistreatment by a principal (database currently 333) original questionnaire, The Principal Mistreatment/Abuse Inventory (PMAI): (a) a section on mistreatment, (including frequency, intensity, and duration of 38 mistreatment behaviors); a section on effects (i.e., 72 physical, psychological, emotional, behavioral items); (c) a section on victims' coping; (d) questions addressing factors that potentially contribute to mistreatment (respondents' perceptions about why they were mistreated); and (e) a section on demographic (i.e., personal and institutional) questions." (Blase, Blase, and Fenging, 2006) Results of the study report that approximately one-half of the participants: "...reported principal's mistreatment caused serious or extensive harm to themselves and their work, and about one-third reported that such mistreatment caused extensive or serious harm to their families." (Blase, Blase, and Fenging, 2006) Stated as well is that 51.2% of the 172 participants in the study, or approximately one out of two participants stated that: "...being at school was so harmful at time that they could not cope." (Blase, Blase, and Fenging, 2006)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Blase, Jo; Blase, Joseph, and Fenging, Du (2006) NAPTA: Survey Report A National Study of the Mistreated Teacher. The University of Georgia, 2006.
• Blase, Joseph and Blase, Jo (2004) Commentary: Implications of the Dark Side of School Leadership for Administrator Preparation and Research. University of Georgia - School Leadership News AERA Division A Newsletter. Winter 2004. Issue 6.
• Blase, Joseph J. and Blase, J.R. (nd) Handbook of Instructional Leadership: How Successful Principals Promote Teaching and Learning. Google Books Online. Available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=qFkdSVEjnHsC&pg=PR17&lpg=PR17&dq=mistreatment+of+teachers+by+principal&source=web&ots=1k88tlYXRx&sig=47VPJrpGqjIey3mWNS15vaBOOA4#PPA3,M1
• Blase, Jo; and Blase, Joseph (2004) School Principal Mistreatment of Teachers; Teachers' Perspective on Emotional Abuse. Journal of Emotional Abuse: Interventions, Research and Theories of Psychological Maltreatment, Trauma and Non-Physical Aggression. Volume 4, Issue 3/4. 12 April 2005.

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