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Download full textHafner, Anne; Owings, Jeffrey – 1991
This study of career patterns in teaching was conducted to provide insight into the development of careers within the teaching profession. The objectives of the study were: to describe the career patterns of a national sample of individuals from the high school class of 1971 (1,011 individuals surveyed during the period 1972-86) who were either…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Human Capital
Bobbitt, Sharon A.; And Others – 1991
Eighteen tables on characteristics of movers, leavers, and stayers present data from the 1988-89 Teacher Followup Survey (TFS), a follow-up of a sample of public school (PUBS) and private school (PVTS) teachers who responded to the Teacher Survey component of the 1987-88 Schools and Staffing Survey of the National Center for Education Statistics.…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Followup Studies
Sandholtz, Judith Haymore – 1990
Studies of teacher satisfaction and workplace conditions generally have focused on the level of the profession or the school site, not on the smaller units within a school or the variations of the work environment within them. This study addresses three limitations of previous research. First, it introduces a theoretical perspective on the…
Descriptors: Business Education, Case Studies, Departments, English Instruction
Steuteville-Brodinsky, Mary; And Others – 1989
Strategies for teacher selection, recruitment, and retention are summarized in this report, which is based on results of a national survey of trends, practices, and opinions of school administrators. Thirteen chapters are contained in three sections, which deal specifically with the teacher selection, recruitment, and retention processes. The…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Evaluation Criteria, Incentives, Instructional Improvement
Winter, Gene M.; And Others – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted of full-time faculty, deans, chairpersons, and academic administrators at the State University of New York (SUNY) community and technical colleges. The purpose of the study was to profile these groups and to identify future academic personnel replacement needs. A survey questionnaire mailed to SUNY's 30 community…
Descriptors: Administrators, Aging in Academia, College Faculty, Community Colleges
Heath-Camp, Betty; And Others – 1990
As part of a larger, 5-year national project, case study analyses were conducted of the induction experiences of two beginning teachers of marketing education. One teacher (Mary) entered the profession through a traditional teacher education program in marketing education. The other (Jake) obtained certification based on extensive experience in…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Case Studies
Cotton, Kathleen – 1987
The unusually high rate of teacher turnover in American Indian reservation schools (up to 41% of new teachers on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation) is an ongoing source of distress to administrators, teachers, and community members. Teachers who move on tend to be young, inexperienced (four or fewer years in teaching), single, and from or…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1981
The extent of faculty vacancies in colleges of engineering, the effects of such vacancies upon research and instructional programs, and the nature of the competition between academia and industry in hiring engineering faculty were surveyed. The focus is on permanent full-time faculty positions in the following major engineering fields:…
Descriptors: Career Change, College Faculty, Employment Opportunities, Engineering
ZABROWSKI, EDWARD K.; AND OTHERS – 1967
DYNAMOD II IS A COMPUTERIZED MARKOVIAN-TYPE FLOW MODEL DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE ESTIMATES OF THE EDUCATIONAL POPULATION OF STUDENTS AND TEACHERS OVER SELECTED INTERVALS OF TIME. THE POPULATION IS CROSS-CLASSIFIED INTO 108 GROUPS BY SEX, RACE, AGE, AND EDUCATIONAL CATEGORY. THIS NOTE DESCRIBES THE METHODOLOGY USED IN DYNAMOD II, COMPARES DYNAMOD II…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Colleges, Educational Policy, Elementary Schools
Hanushek, Eric A.; Kain, John F.; Rivkin, Steven G. – 2001
Many school districts experience difficulties attracting and retaining teachers, and schools in urban areas serving economically disadvantaged and minority students appear particularly vulnerable to these problems. This paper investigates factors that affect the probabilities that teachers will switch schools or exit the public schools entirely.…
Descriptors: Black Teachers, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Turnover
Wyman, Wendy – Progress of Education Reform, 1999-2001, 2001
This issue is the last in a three-part series on teaching quality. The first examined the effectiveness of various approaches to recruiting, educating, and inducting teachers. This report discusses the school environment and role of teachers' working conditions in attracting and retaining good teachers, noting several disparate factors that…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Class Size, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 2000
This report from the Study of Personnel Needs in Special Education (SPeNSE) focuses on working conditions that affect special education teachers and how teachers acquire needed professional skills. The report found: (1) 80% of special education teachers serve students with two or more primary disabilities; (2) almost one-fourth of students served…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Diversity (Student), Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
Crutchfield, Margie, Ed. – NCPSE News, 1996
This document consists of the first two issues of a new newsletter of the National Clearinghouse for Profession in Special Education (NCPSE). The following articles are featured: "Diversity in the Special Education Teaching Force" (Judy L. Wald), which discusses reasons for the lack of teachers in special and general education from…
Descriptors: Certification, Databases, Deaf Interpreting, Disabilities
Chung, Yue-ping; Hung, Fan-sing – 2001
This paper explores Hong Kong secondary teacher supply patterns related to teacher retention using data collected from 1991-99. Secondary teachers are classified into five categories by initial educational qualifications: registered Graduate Master (trained GM), who are university graduates with majors in a subject discipline; permitted Graduate…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Labor Turnover
Bastick, Tony – 2002
This study examined motivational factors responsible for the retention of experienced teachers in Jamaica. Using a stratified sample of Jamaican teachers in training, the study compared the motivations for teaching of 821 novice student teachers with the motivations of 206 student teachers having more than 3 years of teaching experience. Data from…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Incentives
