TEACHER RETENTION

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TEACHER RETENTION

• Management, Content Implementation, Evaluation,
  and Sustainability

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Trends in Teacher Attrition
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Trends in Teacher Attrition
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Trends in Teacher Attrition
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Trends in Teacher Attrition
Generation X
Generation Y
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Teacher Leavers
Better in current position
Better in teaching
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In 10 years, we

• Hired 2.25 million new teachers
• Lost 2.8 million teachers
• Lost 677,000 teachers to retirement
• Lost 2.12 million teachers to non-retirement

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New Teachers Leave Early Experienced Teachers
Take Other Education Positions
Second 10-12 years
Teacher Effectiveness
After 20-24 years
First 7- 10 years
Teacher Experience
Adapted from data from data by William Sanders
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Turnover is Expensive 7.3 Billion A Year

• High Turnover Schools Struggle to Improve
  Teaching Quality and Rarely Close the Student
  Achievement Gap Because They Are Constantly
  Rebuilding Their Staff(NCTAF.ORG 2007)

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Turnover Can Be Reduced

• Hire well-prepared teachers, who have strong
  content knowledge and extensive clinical practice
  experience.
• Provide Induction support for new teachers that
  includes mentoring and coaching by a
  collaborative team.
• Create continuous professional development and
  growth opportunities embedded in the day-to-day
  work of the school.
• Organize Schools for Success
• NCTAF.ORG 2007

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Teachers Inducted into a Professional Community
by Mentors Coaches are Half as Likely to Leave
Less Than 2 Have it.
Source Figure 3 in Reducing Teacher Turnover
What are the Components of Effective Induction?
Thomas M. Smith and Richard M. Ingersoll. April
2003. Working paper draft. Please do not cite,
quote, or use without first consulting authors.
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Age Distribution of Public School Teachers
of Teachers
Age
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VETERANS (63 plus)(Silent Generation)

• 38 Million Americans
• Respect experience
• Duty before pleasure
• Eager to conform to group roles
• Equate age with status and power
• See change as disruptive and undesirable

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BABY BOOMERS (43-62)

• 76 million Americans
• Enjoy and value teamwork
• Want to get with the program
• Are willing to go the extra mile
• Have good people skills
• Embrace equity and fairness
• Like to receive credit and public recognition
• Less flexible when it comes to change
• Retiring but want to stay engaged

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GEN-XERS (26-45)

• 39 million Americans
• Technical savvy and creativity
• Work best with members of their own choosing
• Self-reliant, skeptical of authority
• Embrace alternative workplace structures
• Prefer informal roles and freedom to complete
  tasks their own way
• Willing to challenge higher ups
• Core of the work force but the trough in the
  teaching chart!

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NEXTERS (25 and under)GEN Y or MILLENNIALS

• Diversity as a norm
• Idealistic
• Collaborative
• Communication is constant
• Open to new challenges
• Prefer a flattened hierarchy
• Wired grew up digital
• Should be replacement for retiring teachers, but
  they are leaving at an increasing rate

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Teaching 2.0 Teaching is a Team Sport

• Staged entry tiered expertise and
  certification.
• Entry through teaching residencies.
• Multiple teaching roles, positions, and levels of
  expertise during a teaching career.
• Staged options for exiting the profession
  part-time positions, mentors, coaches,
  job-sharing, team leaders, tutors, digital media
  specialists, etc.
• A blend of face-to-face and online teaching
  learning created and led by teachers who become
  learning experts. (Bricks and Clicks Schools).

When Educators Join Forces They Can Improve
Learning Beyond What Any of Them Can Accomplish
Alone
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In Teaching 2.0 Multigenerational Teams Create
Genuine Learning Organizations

• Collaboration will eventually replace solo.
  teaching in self-contained classrooms.
• Modularized and personalized.
• Constant communication and assessment to improve
  teaching and learning.
• Digital technology is fully exploited.
• A user driven learning economy.

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MANAGEMENT

• LEADERSHIP
• Specific goal leaders
• Direct contact for each goal
• Explore resources in other sections of the
  department
• Build on capacity already in place

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CONTENT IMPLEMENTATION
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EVALUATION
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SUSTAINABILITY