Other important factors that
predict teacher job satisfaction include job security, quality of colleagues, the amount of autonomy teachers have, and whether or not there is opportunity for career advancement.
This Kellogg Foundation - funded work aims to improve outcomes for 1,797 pre-school through 3rd grade students, increasing family engagement, while strengthening their attendance, cognitive and language development, and pre-literacy skills, as well as
improving teacher job satisfaction.
Incorporating mentoring, coaching, and critical dialogue in the teacher's day can increase students» understanding and achievement, as well
as teacher job satisfaction (Smith & Ingersoll, 2004).
But, my respect for what it takes and my recognition of the persistence required to stay the course, at a time
with teacher job satisfaction is at a 20 year low, hasn't diminished.
Ellie Drago - Severson and other researchers at Teachers College, Columbia University have been analyzing how teachers and principals
influence teacher job satisfaction by looking at survey responses of 42,000 teachers and 8,500 principals.
New York City's merit pay program came to a halt when researchers at RAND found the program did not raise student achievement in mathematics or reading in any grade, nor did it
improve teacher job satisfaction.
In addition to increasing teacher learning and student achievement, professional collaboration further
increases teacher job satisfaction (Berry, Daughtrey, & Wieder, 2010).
Will this have an impact on student achievement or
teacher job satisfaction?
Teacher job satisfaction and student achievement: The roles of teacher professional community and teacher collaboration in schools.
Teacher job satisfaction is at its lowest point in the last 25 years (MetLife, 2013).
New York City's merit pay program came to a halt when researchers at the RAND Corporation found the program did not raise student achievement in mathematics or reading in any grade, nor did it improve
teacher job satisfaction.
The 28th annual report, based on a survey of public school teachers, parents, and students during the current school year, finds that
teacher job satisfaction has fallen 15 percentage points in just two years.
Teacher job satisfaction has plummeted to its lowest level in 25 years, from 62 percent in 2008 to 39 percent in 2012 — a total of 23 points, according to the annual Metlife Survey of the American Teacher, released today.
Teacher job satisfaction will continue to free fall as long as school budgets are slashed....
Collective pedagogical teacher culture, teacher - student ethno - racial mismatch, and
teacher job satisfaction.
An Investigation of the Relationships of Teacher Professional Development,
Teacher Job Satisfaction, and Teacher Working Conditions
Given the tidal wave of reform enveloping public education, it will be interesting to see what happens to
the teacher job satisfaction numbers in the coming years.
Join us as we explore firsthand the effects of social - emotional education on Pre-Kindergarten students» academic achievement, parental perceptions of the school environment,
teacher job satisfaction, and behavior management within the school.