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Washburn, Benjamin Barry – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS) is affiliated with over 400 schools across the globe. WELS schools are experiencing a teacher shortage and concerning teacher attrition levels like other school systems. Research indicates that job satisfaction is a predictor for organizational commitment, and principals' leadership style has a…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Principals, Leadership Styles, Teacher Attitudes
Sailer, Robert Conrad – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study created a typology of alternative teacher-compensation plans in use in Wisconsin as of the fall of 2015. Eight plan types were identified with defining, common, and unique components. Of 125 districts that reported alternative plans, the most prevalent reported type was a hybrid type that combined components. Hybrid plans were found to…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Teacher Salaries, School Districts, Classification
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Swalwell, Katy; Schweber, Simone; Sinclair, Kristin; Gallagher, Jennifer; Schirmer, Eleni – Peabody Journal of Education, 2017
Act 10, the 2011 legislative ruling in Wisconsin that reduced public-sector unions' collective bargaining power, provides a descriptive case study to examine what happens to teachers when collective bargaining disappears. Analysis of interviews with social studies teachers (n = 26) from a stratified random sample of 13 districts shows that the…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, State Legislation, Unions, Case Studies
Headden, Susan – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2014
Public school teaching is a profession in transition. Already the largest occupation in the United States, it is expanding faster than the nation's student population. Teachers of color are entering the profession at twice the rate of white teachers, reversing an exodus after civil rights victories opened many other doors to African Americans. And…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Public Schools, Academic Achievement, Teaching Experience
BARDWELL, ROGER W. – 1960
ALL PROFESSIONAL TEACHING PERSONNEL AND A RANDOM SAMPLE OF CITIZENS FROM AN EASTERN WISCONSIN SUBURB AND A NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN RURAL COMMUNITY WERE SURVEYED BY AN 88 ITEM OPINION QUESTIONNAIRE TO COMPARE THE PERCEPTIONS OF TEACHERS AND CITIZENS IN REGARD TO PROBLEMS AND ISSUES OF EDUCATIONAL VIEWPOINT, THE TASK OF THE SCHOOL, AND DIFFERENTIAL…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Community Attitudes, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Change
McNeil, Linda M. – 1984
A study examined the impact of student employment on classroom knowledge. During the study, the researcher administered a branching questionnaire to 1,577 juniors and seniors from four high schools in Wisconsin, 59.6 percent of whom were working at the time of the survey and 14.1 percent of whom had worked during the past year. Despite the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Employment Patterns, High School Students, Influences