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Direct linkGreiner, Connie Sue; Smith, Brenda – Education, 2009
The purpose of this study was to examine the possible relationship between selected variables and teacher attrition. Data were analyzed to determine if a relationship did exist between the selected variables and teacher attrition: standardized reading proficiency scores, undergraduate grade point average, gender, and ethnicity. The variables…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility, Predictor Variables, Investigations
Stephens, Tammy L.; Fish, Wade W. – Education, 2010
This study investigated factors which motivated individuals to initially pursue careers in special education, factors which contributed toward their plans to remain or leave the field, and their perceptions of school districts' effective and ineffective recruitment and retention practices. The sample comprised of 15 individuals employed in public…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Disabilities, Special Education, Performance Factors
Justice, Madeline; Espinoza, Sue – Education, 2007
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas will need over 82,000 new teachers by 2008. Many teachers are leaving the profession within 5 years of being employed. Closing a revolving door, teacher preparation programs are discussing this phenomenon. One hundred sixty beginning teacher candidates were surveyed using the Emotional Skills…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Emotional Intelligence, Assertiveness, Empathy
Olivarez, Melissa M.; Arnold, Mitylene – Education, 2006
A chronic shortage of special education teachers exists throughout our nation and the state of Texas. Most special education teachers leave their positions within their first five years of teaching and the problem of teacher shortages in the field of special education exists throughout South Texas. Texas A&M University-Kingsville, in…
Descriptors: Teacher Shortage, Focus Groups, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Characteristics
