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Teacher turnover, long a problem in K-12 education, has reached a record high since the pandemic hit, with 10% of educators leaving their jobs in the 2021-22 school year.
The term highly qualified teachers (HQT) comes from the original language of Title II (Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High Quality Teachers and Principals) of the No Child Left Behind Act. Title II of NCLB designates federal funds to educational agencies for the purpose of improving the student achievement through the professional ...
The retention rate of New York City Teaching Fellows exceeds the national average, with 87% of NYC Teaching Fellows completing their first year of teaching and beginning a second year of teaching, [3] 73% teaching for at least three years, [3] and half teaching at least five years. Fellows have also begun taking on leadership positions, with ...
More teachers left the profession in 2018 than in any other year on record. Yahoo Lifestyle spoke with over 50 teachers about what led them to abandon a job that many believed would last a lifetime.
ASCL said low pay and heavy workloads have made it ‘a less attractive profession’.
Finally, teachers in high need areas, such as secondary math and special education, are often less experienced due to the difficulty of recruiting these positions, and districts who adhere strictly to seniority based systems for layoffs face the added burden of recruiting teachers in these areas. [6]
Teachers are more likely to stay when students are high achieving. [21] Teachers with certain teaching qualifications and teaching assignments are more likely to leave their schools or the profession. Special education teachers are not more likely to leave teaching, but they are more likely to transfer to positions as general educators. [22]
While attrition rates increased, according to surveys of teachers who left their K-12 teaching jobs in the 2021-22 school year, retirement was the most commonly cited primary reason for leaving ...