Teacher Turnover

Paper Summary:

This paper is a research project to identify the causes of teacher turnover and to provide solutions, which educators and administrators can use to reduce turnover rates and to improve teacher satisfaction. In addition, the research attempts to identify the impact these high rates of turnover have on student achievement and educational satisfaction. The paper explains that, to gain information, the author used personal interviews and a survey of teachers currently working in the profession and of former teachers and a survey of student views on teacher turnover rates and their performance. The preliminary results are included with the paper.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Problem Statement/Rational
Limitations
Literature Review
Background for the Study
Reasons for Turnover
Methodology
Participants
Findings
Recommendations/Conclusions
Appendices
Appendix I: Top 3 Factors Influencing Teachers' Decisions to Leave the Teaching Profession
Appendix II: Questions

From the Paper:

"Continuing professional education is in fact, a tool schools have recognized as important to retaining supplies of good teachers; the theory behind this is teachers that are "up-to-date" are "enthused and stimulated" about their role in education. However, if continuing education takes up too much time or occurs in a manner that proves costly or provides additional stress for teachers already unduly stressed, than continuing education efforts can have the exact opposite effect, contributing more to turnover than researchers once predicted."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Cockburn, A.D. (2000). Elementary teachers' needs: issues of retention and recruitment. Teaching and Teacher Education, 29(1): 249-62.
• Cockburn, A.D. & Haydn, T. (2004). Recruiting and retaining teachers: Understanding why teachers teach. New York: RoutledgeFalmer.
• Dornyei, Z. (2001). Teaching and researching motivation, Harlow: Longman Publishing.
• Fenech, M. (2006). The impact of regulatory environments on early childhood professional practice and job satisfaction: A review of conflicting discourses. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 31(2): 49-52.
• Purden, A. (2001). New teachers' perspectives on continuing professional development. Scottish Educational Review, 33(1): 110-22.

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