This qualitative phenomenological research sheds light on educational leaders' views on laws about chronic teachers' absenteeism. Chronic teacher absenteeism remains a significant issue in public schools in America. Twenty-nine percent of public school teachers are chronically absent in their classrooms each year. That phenomenon culminates in…

This article examines the teach-outs organised by staff and students at Lancaster University during the 2021-22 UCU strike. Guided by a critical discourse analysis of blog posts co-produced by staff and students during the strike and teach-outs, this article will examine how the teach-outs developed an education programme critiquing the neoliberal…

School psychologists have the psychological and consultative expertise necessary to support teachers who are vulnerable to stress. Transactional theory offers a lens to guide such support, as it posits that each teacher's unique appraisals of their work demands and resources determine the degree to which they are at risk for stress. This study…

Policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic shifted many extension programs from face-to-face delivery to virtual delivery. As a result, community nutrition programming offered through extension shifted. Despite the limited literature that currently exists related to the virtual delivery of adult community nutrition education programming, there are…

Scholars have identified Physical Education (PE) as a marginalized subject within schools. This may lead to feelings of isolation, marginalization and reality shock and may end in washing out of best practice or exiting from the profession altogether. Some Physical Educators choose to leave the K-12 classroom and pursue a career in teacher…

Low rates of teacher retention in Title I schools is negatively impacting teaching and learning for our neediest students. When teachers do not stay in schools for 10 or more years, they lack the institutional memory and social capital needed to build and sustain strong relationships with school constituencies. Working in a Title I school for 10…

The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to explore how charter schoolteachers describe their experiences with the job demands and resources influencing their intent to leave the charter school sector in northeastern United States. The theoretical foundations for this study include the job demands and resources theory and the concept…

The purpose of this research was to develop a "Crabs in a Bucket at Schools Scale" (CBSS) measuring the perceptions of teachers regarding crab mentality in educational organizations. The data of the study was collected in 2019-2020 academic year from high school teachers working at different high schools of Aydin province, located in…

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire system of education around the world is living each day under rapid experimentation to grapple with unforeseen challenges. The event of the COVID-19 pandemic has not only impacted a student's track of learning but also disrupted the everyday functioning of schools. In the case of the United…

Teaching in nursery schools is a demanding profession based on interaction with people. As a result, teachers are exposed to an increased risk of burnout. The main goal of the research was to find out to what extent the pedagogical staff of the mentioned nursery schools are endangered by the burnout syndrome and how satisfied they are in their…

Workplace bullying is a known issue in society, and is most prevalent in education. Nevertheless, teacher-on-teacher bullying is a taboo topic of discussion. Bullying is repeated acts or verbal comments made to the victim as a way of controlling and demonstrating power over the individual. These acts could cause a multitude of psychological or…

There has been extensive research conducted into the plight of casual academic staff, the precarious nature of their work, their limited academic development opportunities, and their heightened risk of being positioned on the periphery of the workforce in academia. Institutions have attempted to mitigate this risk through the provision of academic…

In this study which aims to uncover and examine the metaphorical meanings that teachers have attributed to the concept of teaching during the pandemic period, phenomenological method that is a qualitative research design was used. The study group of the research consists of the teachers working in public primary, secondary and high schools in a…

This article explores the intersectionalities of teaching, and the personal and professional identity of a Primary Education teacher who reflects what it meant to be a teacher during the pandemic, his experiences of teaching and learning, his relationships with the students, and his future perspectives. Using an autoethnographic approach, we draw…

While it is commonly believed that teachers take more absences than other professionals, few empirical studies have systematically investigated the prevalence of teacher absences in the U.S. This study documents the level of teacher absences and compares it with other college-educated workers. Using the Monthly Current Population Survey between…