Rising teacher retention rates is a good thing for the individual teachers as well as for their students, schools, and districts.
That was true across the broader economy, and it's showing up in
rising teacher retention rates.
Not exact matches
A Department for Education spokesperson said: «
Teacher retention rates have been broadly stable for the past 20 years, and the teaching profession continues to be an attractive career, with average salaries standing at # 37,400 outside of London,
rising to # 41,900 in the capital.
Rising retention means more
teachers will qualify for some level of a pension, but it still won't be very large and will actually cost the state more money.
Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), said: «After seven years of government - imposed austerity,
teachers need and deserve a decent pay
rise, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it is essential in tackling the ongoing recruitment and
retention crisis.
According to Tes, despite the primary
teacher bursaries being scrapped, there will be
rises for biology and English
teachers, and new
retention payments for maths
teachers.
The survey results found only one in 20 of the top - ranking mainscale
teachers eligible for a special two per cent
rise, designed to increase staff
retention, actually received the increase.
Raising the vesting requirement has more than compensated for the
rise in
teacher retention rates.
«For the last eight years, you have had a government that has ignored you, and they've pursued their ideological chaos and failed to pay attention to the fallout,» Rayner said, criticising missed
teacher recruitment targets, the
retention crisis and
rising child poverty levels.
As competition for top educators increases and
teacher turnover and staff shortages
rise, assuring a welcoming onboarding experience can improve employee engagement, job satisfaction and
retention.
Rising retention rates however translated to increasing costs, and in 2011, Illinois responded by making it more difficult for a
teacher to receive a pension.
Teacher recruitment and
retention continues to represent a significant challenge, with the proportion of state funded school
teachers leaving the profession
rising again in 2015.
Then, some
teachers who held on to year five solely to qualify for a pension would leave the profession and
retention rates would
rise.
«At a time of
rising pupil numbers, a recruitment and
retention crisis, funding cuts, real pay cuts to
teachers and staff, upheavals caused by unnecessary reforms and mounting workload, these figures can not be used meaningfully to hold schools to account.
Hinds will say this morning that although there are «so many brilliant
teachers», recruitment and
retention is proving difficult for schools in the face of
rising pupil numbers.
After PAR, BCPS new
teacher retention rates have
risen to 93 — 95 percent per year.