Not exact matches
Importantly, because
high teacher turnover can be associated with both improvement and decline in the quality of instruction, the amount of
turnover on its own provides little insight
into the wisdom of a principal's personnel decisions.
Teacher turnover rates aren't rising, but we are employing more
teachers who fall
into career stages with
high turnover.
Walk
into any AF school and the truth will be seen - Students being demeaned and disciplined for not meeting ridiculous expectations, unacceptably
high suspension rates, unacceptably low Special Education numbers and alarming Special Education noncompliance, predominately white leadership that is filled with hubris and a deep disconnectedness with the school's children and families, burned out
teachers,
high teacher turnover, etc..
In contrast, schools that provided more discretion and autonomy to classroom
teachers, as well as schools with
higher levels of faculty input
into school decision - making, had lower levels of minority
teacher turnover.
But we can not allow ourselves to think that we have won and sink
into complacency; the enemies of public education have struck a significant blow here, and though the changes will not be visible in the halls of our schools immediately, it will not take long before we see the effects, among the most visible of which is likely to be the
high teacher turnover which is so harmful to a school, whether caused by getting fired for having the wrong kind of students or simply becoming demoralized by being made scapegoats for society's ills.