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Where Are All the Good Men? A Case Study of Male Elementary and Early Childhood Education Majors at the University of Central Missouri
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Katherine Ritter – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The low number of male elementary and early childhood teachers is problematic in the United States (National Center for Educational Statistics, 2020). Of the 1.8 million public school elementary teachers (pre-Kindergarten-6th grade) in the 2017-2018, male elementary teachers accounted for 11% of the total (NCES, 2020). Colleges of education have…
Descriptors: Males, Elementary School Teachers, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Education Programs
A Quantitative Analysis of Teacher Job Satisfaction and Instructional Modality in Missouri PK-12 Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Kevin R. Easley – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic required schools to be more flexible in relation to their selection of an instructional modality, adopting virtual or hybrid schedules for instruction if face-to-face instruction was not possible (Rogers & Ishimoto, 2020). This change led to educators conducting classrooms virtually and interacting with students and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Job Satisfaction, COVID-19, Pandemics
Recruiting, Retaining, and Fairly Compensating Our Teachers
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Lynch, Matthew – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2012
This article examines three interlinked problems facing public schools today: how to recruit, retain, and pay our teachers. The article begins with an overview of the current situation in the United States, paying particular attention to schools in areas where minorities are the majority. It goes on to examine some of the causes of teacher…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Recruitment