One question that naturally arises is
how teacher turnover rates compare with turnover rates in other occupations.
Not exact matches
In order to determine
how accurate those assumptions are, I looked at the assumed and actual
teacher turnover rates in New York City.
Turnover for beginners — who leave at much higher
rates than other
teachers — is influenced by
how well novices are prepared prior to entry and
how well they are mentored in their first years on the job.
Based on these data — which treat compensation,
teacher turnover, working conditions, and qualifications — each state is assigned a «teaching attractiveness
rating,» indicating
how supportive it appears to be of
teacher recruitment and retention and a «
teacher equity
rating,» indicating the extent to which students, in particular students of color, are assigned uncertified or inexperienced
teachers.
Although high - need schools in the U.S. have high
rates of
teacher turnover (regardless of
how teachers have been prepared), TFA corps members stay in the classroom longer than
teachers who have entered the teaching profession via another pathway.
The academics from the University of Virginia and Stanford University set out to study
how a system that increases
turnover by firing low -
rated teachers affects student learning.
Vance County Schools Superintendent Anthony Jackson, who took part in the panel at the Governor's Commission meeting to explain
how his district is struggling with high
teacher turnover rates and unfunded mandates, said that when it comes to funding students with special needs, it's time for the state to provide funding based on the needs of students.
If 8 percent is a high
teacher turnover rate,
how does it compare to other professions?
For instance, Strunk described
how she once attempted to estimate the
rate of
teacher turnover at different schools — but she wasn't able to do so because the available data wasn't detailed enough.