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Charlton, Donna; Kritsonis, William Allan – Online Submission, 2009
The article addresses teacher retention challenges employers are experiencing in the quest to effectively meet standard human resource management practices. The quality of the employer-employee relationship forms the foundation upon which effective management practices thrive. Teachers who remain in education value students and their personal…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Leadership Effectiveness, Participative Decision Making, Human Resources
Thering, Ann, Ed. – 1987
Proceedings of a conference on policy issues pertinent to the design and implementation of teacher incentive plans are highlighted in this report. Seven papers and pursuant responses are presented, which include discussions on the definition and importance of teacher incentives, job redesign and its organizational impacts, constraint and variety…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Policy Formation
Graziano, Claudia – George Lucas Educational Foundation, 2005
Nearly half of all new teachers leave the job within five years. What is killing their spirit? How can they be convinced to stay? This article attempts to answer such questions in presenting one person's account of why she left the teaching profession. Statistical data relating to teacher employment and turnover; reasons for leaving among…
Descriptors: Public School Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility
Dey, Charles F. – Independent School, 1980
There are several ways in which boarding school administrators can help their teachers have better lives, i.e. by offering flexible career planning, making a philosophical commitment to the teachers' continuing education, and offering greater financial security through imaginative financial planning. (AN)
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Educational Administration, Private Schools, Teacher Administrator Relationship

Wilson, Andrew; Pearson, Richard – Education Economics, 1993
This paper examines the demand for teachers in the United Kingdom and establishes the factors which determine teacher shortages. Policy options aimed at alleviating these shortages are suggested. (Author)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Teacher Certification, Teacher Employment

Weasmer, Jerie – Clearing House, 2002
Describes a later-entry first grade teacher at a rural school in Indiana, who has continued to teach despite a number of hurdles that would impede many educators. Demonstrates her commitment to the profession and to her school, a commitment which has continued to grow through each career stage. (RS)
Descriptors: Careers, Elementary School Teachers, Grade 1, Primary Education
Schrag, Francis – Learning, 1983
A plan for promoting excellence in teaching is proposed, which would designate 10 to 15 percent of a school's staff "distinguished teachers." This group would receive salary increases and would be staggered over the years. Parents, former students, administrators, and other teachers would help select the group. (PP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Merit Pay, Professional Recognition
Teacher Magazine, 1991
Through an exchange of letters, a veteran public school teacher advises a doubting beginning teacher (her former student) to remain in the classroom. The letters reveal both women's innermost thoughts about the difficult, demanding, and rewarding profession of teaching. (SM)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Change, Job Satisfaction, Letters (Correspondence)
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. – 1987
The document presents partial recommendations of a Pennsylvania State University Study Group on the Status of Women at the University. Recommendations concern family-responsive and flexible employee benefits, clerical advancement and development, retention and advancement of women faculty, and sexual harassment of students. Among specific…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Employed Women, Faculty Promotion, Females
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. – 1987
The document presents partial recommendations of a Pennsylvania State University Study Group on the Status of Women at the University. Recommendations concern "chilly" classroom climate, dual career recruitment and retention, and employee relations and representation. Among specific recommendations are the following: (1) study the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Dual Career Family, Employed Women, Faculty College Relationship