An Explanatory Model of Teacher Movement Within Ontario School Boards

Teacher movement within school boards is examined using multiple case study. Emergent themes achieved theoretical saturation and are consistent with the research literature. In this paper, the relationships between the themes are used to develop a substantive theoretical model of teacher movement within school boards. The model uses a two-phase chronology of events that arise during teacher movement. The two phases are the short-term chronology of teacher transfer events, and the other is a long-term chronology of lifestyle over a teaching career. The model is consistent with all findings in this study and concordant with findings by other researchers.