After several years of operating in crisis mode, many teachers are feeling exhausted and burned out. More than ever, they need to feel appreciated, valued, and respected to be resilient in the face of ongoing stress. One of the best ways to show appreciation for teachers is to value their professional growth and provide support to address their…

Teacher quality can have a significant impact on students' academic achievement (Hattie, 2023). Prior research has noted a connection between the loss of experienced teachers at a school and declines in student success (Hanushek, et al., 2016; Holme, et al., 2018). Increased use of social media as a connective public platform to share thoughts,…

The new early career framework, rolled out nationally across England in 2021 at an estimated cost of £130 million, aims to improve teacher retention by supporting early career teachers (ECTs) to become more effective classroom practitioners. This article discusses developments in the mentoring frameworks used to support ECTs as a result of the…

The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to examine the lived experiences of special education teachers to reveal the factors that lead to special education teacher retention. Special education continues to be a critical shortage area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and there is a lack of current literature that considers…

Teacher attrition, or leaving the profession prior to retirement, is a real-world problem that school districts across the United States are faced to solve. As rates of teacher attrition continue to increase, it is necessary to find solutions to counter this situation. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the projected impact of…

The principal purpose of the study was to understand the lived experiences of educators who taught during the COVID-19 pandemic and the potential effects of teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic on teachers' mental health, well-being and risk of attrition. Considering that the pandemic is just a few years old, research on the implications for…

Workforce shortages in the education sector have reached crisis levels, particularly in regional, rural and remote (RRR) communities. While teacher attrition is the subject of much critical research and public debate, understanding the reasons teachers remain in these communities is less frequently explored. Our phenomenological study, based on…

With research supporting that teachers have the greatest effect on student achievement, it is imperative that highly qualified teachers are retained while new teachers are recruited to the profession. The purpose of this mixed-methods inquiry was to focus on a year-long onboarding process to see the effect on the retention of first-year beginning…

This research aims to investigate the relationship between distributed leadership in a school and teacher commitment, emphasising the mediating roles of teachers' workload stress and teacher well-being using the Teaching and Learning International Survey dataset 2018 with 47 regions. Structural equation modelling on pooled and separate country…

The increasing number of teachers leaving the profession has put a serious strain on the education system, and principals have identified various strategies they implement which could impact teacher retention. Prior research indicated that school principals play a crucial role in the retention of teachers by developing a supportive school…

A significant teacher shortage exists across the United States due to factors ranging from accountability policies for the performance growth of students, the overwhelming workload due to teacher shortages, and the lack of competitive salaries that other professions offer. Consequently, state officials have introduced and implemented changes to…

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in teacher turnover, which poses a notable challenge to improving the quality of education. Individual characteristics such as teacher motivation, self-efficacy, and job satisfaction have been linked to the tendency for turnover. However, the exact connections between these attributes remain…

This study explored strategies and practices that seek to increase the retention of provisional special education teachers (PSETs). Urban school divisions have challenges with hiring and/or retaining high-quality special education teachers (SETs). The cyclical practice of hiring and losing PSETs creates an equity imbalance as marginalized school…

The problem that was addressed in this study is the high rate of teacher attrition at a K--8 Title I school in Arizona. The purpose of this basic qualitative study was to explore the perceptions of the teachers who have chosen to remain at this school rather than leave. The theoretical framework of the study was based on Herzog's motivational…

Teacher attrition is a major challenge for public school districts across the country, especially in poor, urban and/or high needs schools. Sixty-one percent of school district superintendents identified teacher retention as a top concern. The majority of the teachers who leave are the new, well-prepared, successful teachers and the mid-career…