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A_Case_Study_Of_Factors_That_Influenced_The_Attrition_Or_Retention_Of_Two_First-Year_Special_Education_Teachers.Pdf, Marquis Grant Dec 2016

A_Case_Study_Of_Factors_That_Influenced_The_Attrition_Or_Retention_Of_Two_First-Year_Special_Education_Teachers.Pdf, Marquis Grant

Marquis C. Grant, Ed.D

The issue of attrition and retention has been a chronic problem in the field of education for decades. School districts across the United States are experiencing shortages of qualified special education teachers largely due to high turnover rates, with many of these teachers electing not to return after their first year of teaching. In fact, roughly nine percent of special educators not return to the profession after their first year, citing themes such as lack of administrative support, excessive paperwork and burnout as primary factors that prompted their decision to leave. The purpose of this study was to identify problems …

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Selected North Carolina Beginning And Veteran Teachers’ Perceptions Of Factors Influencing Retention And Attrition, Marvin Mccoy, Linda Wilson-Jones, Paris Jones Mar 2014

Selected North Carolina Beginning And Veteran Teachers’ Perceptions Of Factors Influencing Retention And Attrition, Marvin Mccoy, Linda Wilson-Jones, Paris Jones

Linda Wilson-Jones

The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine factors that impact teacher retention in public schools in the southeast region of North Carolina. Additionally, the purpose was to identify variables that influence beginning teachers’ decisions to leave and veteran teachers’ decisions to stay in the teaching profession. The 10 participants were former and current teachers employed in the State of North Carolina between 2008 and 2011. The research revealed that teacher support, working conditions, and student behavior were among the leading factors impacting beginning teachers’ decisions to leave the profession prior to tenure. The emerging issues in this study …

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Retaining Teachers Of Color- A Pressing Problem And A Potential Strategy For “Hard-To-Staff” Schools.Pdf, Rodney T. Ogawa, Betty Achinstein, Dena Sexton, Casia Freitas Feb 2010

Retaining Teachers Of Color- A Pressing Problem And A Potential Strategy For “Hard-To-Staff” Schools.Pdf, Rodney T. Ogawa, Betty Achinstein, Dena Sexton, Casia Freitas

Dena Sexton

Given calls to diversify the teaching workforce, this review examines research on retention and turnover of teachers of color, focusing on new teachers because they leave at disproportionately high rates. Reviewing 70 studies, the authors found that (a) recent national studies identify turnover rates for teachers of color are now higher than those for White teachers; (b) policy- amenable school-level conditions related to financial, human, social, and cultural capital can affect retention; (c) teachers of color are more likely than Whites to work and remain in “hard-to-staff” urban schools with high pro- portions of students from low-income and nondominant racial …

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