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Teacher Retention And Turnover In Small, Remote, Rural Schools In Missouri, Jordan Dickey
Teacher Retention And Turnover In Small, Remote, Rural Schools In Missouri, Jordan Dickey
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This mixed-method study sought to find specific factors influencing teachers in small, remote, rural school districts to continue teaching or to leave their teaching position. Additionally, this study sought to identify specific things district-level administrators could do influence teacher retention rates in small, remote, rural school districts. The quantitative data revealed the top three most influential attributes contributing to teacher retention are supportive school administration, the size of the teacher’s class, and the teacher’s relationship with colleagues. The qualitative data provided narratives to support these rankings and to further identify factors of small, remote, rural schools and their influence on …
Servant Leadership And Teacher Stressors: A Qualitative Study, Stephanie Lynn Summerford
Servant Leadership And Teacher Stressors: A Qualitative Study, Stephanie Lynn Summerford
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Accountability practices increase teacher stress, restrict classroom autonomy, and force many teachers out of the field of education at alarming rates. Does a relationship exist between leaders who demonstrate perceived servant leadership characteristics and teachers’ stress levels when faced with change and increased accountability? For this study, servant leadership was defined using the seven key dimensions of servant leadership identified by Ehrhart (2004) and Liden, Wayne, Zhao, and Henderson (2008). Teacher stress was defined “as the experience by a teacher of unpleasant emotions resulting from aspects of their work as a teacher (Skaalvik & Skaalvik, 2016, as cited in Collie, …