Attracting and Keeping Teachers in High-Need Schools

Autor/inn/en	Petty, Teresa M.; Fitchett, Paul; O'Connor, Katherine
Titel	Attracting and Keeping Teachers in High-Need Schools
Quelle	In: American Secondary Education, 40 (2012) 2, S.67-88 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0003-1003
Schlagwörter	Caring; High Schools; Secondary School Teachers; Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Persistence; Questionnaires; Online Surveys; Teacher Surveys; Teacher Characteristics; Administrators; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Teacher Education Programs; Disadvantaged Schools; Teacher Salaries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Care; Pflege; Sorge; Betreuung; High school; Oberschule; Lehrerrekrutierung; Fragebogen; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung
Abstract	This high-need high school study focuses on the perceptions of teachers from one southeastern state. An online survey was conducted asking teachers who currently teach in high-need high schools what they perceive as the most important characteristics of successful high-need teachers. Teachers in the study offered ideas about how to attract, support, and retain teachers in high-need high schools. Results from this study support previous research in suggesting teachers would be more attracted to high-need high schools (HNHS) if provided more money. Yet, participants reported caring was the most important reason for them staying in their current high-need schools. Teachers indicated caring, greater exposure to high-need schools in teacher preparation programs, and other non-pecuniary factors were essential characteristics for successful HNHS. Study results suggest while policymakers focus on financial measures for retaining teachers in hard to staff schools, teachers working in HNHS characterize their jobs outside of monetary accruement once they are employed. (Contains 1 table and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Ashland University Dwight Schar College of Education. 229 Dwight Schar Building, 401 College Avenue, Ashland, OH 44805. Tel: 419-289-5273; Web site: http://www.ashland.edu/ase
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10