Retaining Quality Teachers

This study investigated teacher attrition and retention in seven Virginia school divisions representing urban, suburban, and rural localities. Focus group interviews of teachers who stay in their school divisions and telephone interviews of teachers who migrated to another school division or who lef...

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Veröffentlicht in:The High School journal 2002-10, Vol.86 (1), p.57-75
Hauptverfasser: Certo, Janine L., Fox, Jill Englebright
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This study investigated teacher attrition and retention in seven Virginia school divisions representing urban, suburban, and rural localities. Focus group interviews of teachers who stay in their school divisions and telephone interviews of teachers who migrated to another school division or who left the teaching profession revealed a hierarchy of organizational influences on teacher attrition and retention. A menu of state, district and building level recommendations are offered for retaining quality teachers. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.)
ISSN:0018-1498
1534-5157
1534-5157
DOI:10.1353/hsj.2002.0015