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National Council on Teacher Quality, 2008
This report presents the Texas edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2008 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook." The 2008 "Yearbook" focuses on how state policies impact the retention of effective new teachers. This policy evaluation is broken down into three areas that encompass 15 goals. Broadly, these goals examine…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Competencies, State Government, Government Role
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2011
For five years running, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has tracked states' teacher policies, preparing a detailed and thorough compendium of teacher policy in the United States on topics related to teacher preparation, licensure, evaluation, career advancement, tenure, compensation, pensions and dismissal. The "2011 State…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers
Serpell, Zewelanji; Bozeman, Leslie A. – 1999
National statistics show a rise in the number of beginning teachers undergoing formal induction in their first year of teaching. This report discusses the effectiveness of induction programs and resulting outcomes for beginning teacher retention, beginning teacher effectiveness, and mentor participation. The various components of induction…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Hanushek, Eric A.; Kain, John F.; Rivkin, Steven G. – Education Next, 2004
Experienced teachers are, on average, more effective at raising student performance than those in their early years of teaching. This gives rise to the concern that too many teachers leave the profession after less than a full career and that too many leave troubled inner-city schools for suburban ones. Until now, the roots of these problems have…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Teaching Conditions, Teacher Salaries
Springer, Matthew G.; Lewis, Jessica L.; Podgursky, Michael J.; Ehlert, Mark W.; Taylor, Lori L.; Lopez, Omar S.; Peng, Art – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
This report presents findings from the second-year evaluation of the Governor's Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) program. The GEEG program was federally- and state-funded and provided three-year grants to schools to design and implement performance pay plans from the 2005-06 to 2007-08 school years. GEEG was implemented in 99 high poverty, high…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis
Kurtz, William H. – Small School Forum, 1980
Texas small schools have promising programs, innovative practices, and pressing problems. They utilize mainstreaming and provide special materials for the gifted and talented. Problems are primarily in the areas of hiring and retaining teachers, financing programs, and energy costs. (CM)
Descriptors: Community Schools, Education Service Centers, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Problems
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Policy Planning and Evaluation. – 1995
This report presents analyses of the retention, mobility, and attrition of the Texas teaching force in the 1992-93 school year by teacher characteristics and school conditions. The characteristics of teachers who stay in the teaching profession and those who leave are examined by gender, age, ethnicity, years of teaching experience, salary, degree…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Secondary School Teachers
Eberhard, Joseph; Reinhardt-Mondragon, Patricia; Stottlemyer, Bobbi – 2000
This study investigated problematic aspects of teaching that influenced beginning teachers' decisions to continue teaching or leave the profession. Participants were new teachers with 3 or less years of experience from 25 south Texas districts. Surveys were mailed to each campus for distribution. The survey instrument asked teachers about…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education
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Otto, Sherri Jennings; Arnold, Mitylene – College Student Journal, 2005
The purpose of this study is to describe the level of administrator support perceived by special education teachers in South Texas. The literature on teacher retention indicates that "lack of administrative support" as an important reason for leaving the profession. This study examined the factors related to administrator support…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Beginning Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
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Staudt, Denise; Risku, Michael; Martinez, Elda – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
The Science and Mathematics Alliance for Recruiting and Retaining Teachers (SMARRT) is a collaborative partnership pursuing aggressive strategies to recruit high quality minority teachers to teach in high-need schools in urban school districts. This partnership is dedicated to recruiting, preparing, and retaining high quality teachers with strong…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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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
Freiberg, H. Jerome; Knight, Stephanie – 1987
In response to education reform mandates, rewards and incentives such as career ladder and master teacher programs are being designed to break lock-step salary schedules and to retain competent teachers. While these "pay-for-performance" plans seem acceptable to taxpayers, few realize that such approaches have already been tried and…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Compensation (Remuneration), Competition, Cooperation
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1999
This report on teacher recruitment and retention in Texas identifies and analyzes programs offered by higher education institutions, school districts, regional education service centers, and other organizations that address the teacher shortage in Texas. The study was undertaken with the understanding that teacher compensation issues are pervasive…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education
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Springer, Matthew G.; Podgursky, Michael J.; Lewis, Jessica L.; Ehlert, Mark W.; Gronberg, Timothy J.; Hamilton, Laura S.; Jansen, Dennis W.; Lopez, Omar S.; Peng, Art; Stecher, Brian M.; Taylor, Lori L. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2008
This report presents findings from the second year of a multi-year evaluation of the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program and background information about the design and implementation of the District Awards for Teacher Excellence (DATE) program. The TEEG and DATE programs operating in Texas make up the largest state-funded performance…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
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
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