A better understanding of the root causes
of teacher dissatisfaction, Santoro says, can empower experienced teachers to «re-moralize» and help revitalize the profession.
While no one wants to a craft a whole new system, overcoming the
enormous teacher dissatisfaction with the first plan will make it difficult to revisit the topic, said the AFT's Weir.
The
ways teacher dissatisfaction is captured, like in the IES staffing surveys, is mostly from a self - interested position, rather than giving them the space to express concern for students or about being stewards of the profession.
Dr. Scott Imig, Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at UNC - Wilmington, discusses teacher dissatisfaction
In a national survey of teachers regarding reasons
for teacher dissatisfaction, Ingersoll (2001b) found that poor administrative support (60.1 percent) and lack of faculty influence (42.6 percent) were the leading factors for dissatisfaction in high - poverty urban schools.
The root cause
of teacher dissatisfaction may have more to do with how the profession has been degraded and less on a perceived inability to handle the pressures of the job.
In working on the book, were there any factors that contributed to
teacher dissatisfaction that surprised you?
But
the teacher dissatisfaction continues.
However the above case is decided, there will undoubtedly be lawsuits, union pushback,
teacher dissatisfaction and who - knows - what - else as the various special interests scramble to do what is best for themselves.