Teacher Dropouts - Education Blog - The Diigo Meta page

• 06 Jul 08
  

  john bennett

  Although teachers hold 3.8 million jobs in elementary and secondary U.S. public
  and private schools; (Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor,
  2006) on average, a third of the newly hired teachers leave during their first
  three years; almost half leave during the first five years (National Commission
  on Teaching and America’s Future [NCTAF], 2003).

  eduPhilosophy

• 20 Jun 08
  

  jenmedwid

  instructionalsupervision

• 30 May 08
  

  Sheryl A. McCoy

  don't know why they think young, inexperienced people are the only ones dropping out

  teacherdropouts all_teachers professionaldevelopment

• 21 May 08
  

  Kate Olson

  teacherdropouts all_teachers professionaldevelopment

• 25 Mar 08
  

  Wisely

  education schools teaching

  • The top five differences cited between private industry and public education?
    
            1) Autonomy or control over workload - (65.2% better in current non-teaching position)
    
            2) Manageability of workload - (60.4% better in current non-teaching position)
    
            3) General work conditions - (50.9% better in current non-teaching position)
    
            4) Intellectual challenge - (51.8% better in current non-teaching position)
    
            5) Opportunities for professional advancement - (53.9% better in current non-teaching position)
  • But this is just the tip of the iceberg….
    
    Check out these disparities:
    
            1) Professional prestige - (57.7% better in current non-teaching position)
    
            2) Recognition and support from administrators - (46.8% better in current non-teaching position)
    
            3) Opportunities for Professional Development - (41.7% better in current non-teaching position))
  • In essence, the research shows that we have overloaded and overwhelmed teachers, with little autonomy, little opportunity for professional growth, poor working conditions, minimum intellectual challenge, poor support from administration, little professional prestige, and minimal professional development opportunities.
  • Having 30% -40% of our students drop out of school; and losing 40%-50% of our new teaching corps is not acceptable.
    
    The present system doesn’t seem to be working for teachers or students.

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