Sentences with phrase «teacher retention rates do»

The main takeaway from this analysis is that, contrary to conventional wisdom, teacher retention rates don't seem to be changing that much.

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Despite having much less generous retirement plans, retention rates for early - and mid-career teachers didn't change at all.

That might help us get to the «why» and a better understanding of teacher retention rates — and what to do about them.

In contrast, the study found that the base - pay incentives did not clearly increase the retention rates of highly effective teachers who were already retained at much higher rates than low - performing teachers.

The comparison with similar schools that didn't use the program revealed no real difference in student scores or in teacher - retention rates among those schools.

Corniel attributes this positive retention rate to the school's focus on strong teacher supports and training and the fact that «we're really, deeply invested in what we do.»

There is «strong empirical evidence» that targeting financial incentives in subjects where there is a shortage of teachers can help improve retention rates, but acknowledges that although schools can currently make these payments they are unable to do so due to budget pressures.

Late - career incentives, such as large salary increases or backloaded retirement benefits, simply don't have the same potential to shift teacher retention rates as early - career investments.

Similarly, the Teaching Fellows Program was scrapped in spite of evidence that its graduates had much higher retention rates after three and five years (90 % and 75 %) than did other teachers prepared through both traditional university and alternative routes in the state (80 % and 68 %)(Podolsky & Kini, 2016).

She said AF's teacher retention rate has hovered around 80 to 85 percent, which she said is not good but is not far from other school districts doing the same work.

At the back end, pensions do have a retention effect on teachers nearing retirement age, but that comes too late to affect teacher retention rates very much.

According to a 2014 report of graduates of NCTR programs, 87 percent of teachers were still teaching after three years.82 A study done from 2011 to 2012 found that new teachers stayed in the classroom after three years at the same rate as NCTR teachers, 83 but teachers in NCTR programs work in schools that are difficult to staff in high - needs areas, where teacher retention is especially problematic.