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Teacher Retention in Charter Schools: Why They Stay
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Sandra Yvette Cabrera – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The current study has gathered responses from teachers employed by a South TexasCharter school network regarding teacher retention factors. The United States Department of Education published an extensive list of teacher shortage areas every year. Schools struggle with the retention and attrition of qualified teachers as student enrollment…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Charter Schools, Teacher Shortage, Faculty Mobility
Teacher Preparation Pathways: Differences in Program Selection and Teacher Retention
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Van Overschelde, James P.; Wiggins, Afi Y. – Action in Teacher Education, 2020
A comparison of population and employment projections shows the gap between teacher supply and demand growing through 2025. Alternative certification programs (ACPs) were created to increase teacher production, but research on who selects ACPs versus traditional preparation programs (TPPs) shows mixed results as does research on new teacher…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility
Constrained Job Matching: Does Teacher Job Search Harm Disadvantaged Urban Schools? NBER Working Paper No. 15816
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Hanushek, Eric A.; Rivkin, Steven G. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2010
Search theory suggests that early career job changes on balance lead to better matches that benefit both workers and firms, but this may not hold in teacher labor markets characterized by salary rigidities, barriers to entry, and substantial differences in working conditions that are difficult for institutions to alter. Of particular concern to…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Urban Schools, Teacher Employment, Faculty Mobility
Superintendents' Views on Financial and Non-Financial Incentives on Teacher Recruitment and Retention
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Kelly, Paul; Tejeda-Delgado, Carmen; Slate, John R. – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2008
In this study, the researchers investigated the perceived relationships of financial and non-financial incentives on teacher recruitment and retention among public school teachers in the State of Texas from the perspective of 98 public school superintendents. Findings revealed that school districts tended to offer teachers' salaries over the state…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Recruitment, Incentive Grants
The Revolving Door.
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Hanushek, Eric A.; Kain, John F.; Rivkin, Steven G. – Education Next, 2004
Research reveals that teachers' working conditions are more likely to determine whether they stay at a school--or even in the profession--than are their salaries. Results suggest that policymakers ought to consider selective pay increases, preferably keyed to quality, for work in inner-city schools, together with efforts to improve the working…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Databases, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
A Survey of Texas Public School Teachers.
Maddux, Cleborne D.; And Others – 1980
A questionnaire was designed to explore various elements of job satisfaction, multiple employment behavior, and other variables affecting the lives and work of public school teachers in Texas. A final return of 70 percent was received from a randomly selected mailing. Results revealed that one in three teachers was considering leaving teaching. Of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Multiple Employment, Public School Teachers