This is the third publication in a series of research reports from the UCL Centre for Educational Leadership-led study, The Impact of the ECF Programme on the Work Engagement, Well-Being and Retention of Teachers: A Longitudinal Study, 2021--2026. This paper describes the conditions in schools which advance the development and retention of teacher…

There is a lack of qualified special education teachers (SETs) in U.S. public schools. The literature has provided mixed results related to a variety of supports for SETs, including administrator, colleague, professional development, mentorship, and resources and their impact on retention. In addition, few studies have focused on SETs who work…

The importance of continuous teacher training and development in urban schools is a recurrent topic. Training and development for teachers provide them with the assistance they need to be guided to mastery, which in turn raises student accomplishment and enhances the instructors' own sense of self-efficacy. Teachers with low levels of…

Recruiting and retaining vocational education and training (VET) educators is an increasing challenge in countries across the world. So understanding their transition and retention is vital to the development of a sustainable workforce. This paper draws on interviews with senior administrators of Australian training providers and survey data from…

Administrative support is critical in reducing the teacher turnover rate. Specifically, teachers indicated the need for administrative support, relevant opportunities for professional development, behavioral support, and allocating time for collaboration and planning. In addition, proving administrative support is most consistently associated with…

This explanatory sequential mixed methods study was designed to determine, from the perspective of beginning teachers, the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic affected their intentions to remain in teaching. There were two additional goals in conducting the study: (a) to determine the key practices, supports, or events that played a role in…

The volume of teachers leaving the educational field is ever-pervasive across schools in the United States (Carver-Thomas & Darling-Hammond, 2019). Researchers have been highlighting the causes and implications of teacher attrition and mobility for decades (Bobbit et al., 1991; Carver-Thomas & Darling-Hammond, 2019; Ingersoll, 2001;…

Teacher attrition disproportionately affects schools that have high populations of students who are socio-economically disadvantaged and/or high populations of students of color. The retention of social justice teachers is specifically important at high-needs schools because these teachers help to address both educational and social inequality.…

Educator retention is closely connected to working conditions, including educators' working environment, compensation and benefits, and opportunities for professional development. For example, access to classroom resources impacts teacher morale and engagement and is important for establishing a working environment conducive to learning.…

This study examines K-12 public school teacher turnover, with a particular focus on teachers of color. Recruiting and retaining well-qualified teaching staff is a challenge in the United States, where annually roughly 16% of teachers either leave the teaching profession entirely or transfer to a different school. This high rate of turnover is of…

The current study has reported perceptions from teachers who taught in a private school in China about factors regarding their retention decisions. Teacher attrition has been a global issue shared by many countries and areas. Teacher attrition has caused intensive discussion in the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as in China, from…

This study assesses the relationship between job satisfaction and attrition of special education teachers. The study uses The Job Satisfaction Survey by Spector (1985) to determine the level of satisfaction of special education teachers. In this quantitative study, the independent variables were the nine facets measured by the survey: pay,…

Teachers' perceptions of long-term career success are largely related to the levels of support they receive early on in their careers. This study on teacher retention and the factors that influence teacher choice to remain in the field after the first five years of employment, examined three schools of varying demographics and socioeconomic status…

Educators shape the quality of early education programs and are essential to children's learning and healthy development. However, the early childhood education field is often challenged in retaining educational staff. Using a descriptive research design this study explores turnover and retention through the voices of Head Start and Early Head…

This study addressed the problem of a continuing loss of world language (WL) teachers in the United States. The author analyzed semi-structured interviews with five current and former high school WL teachers to investigate their perspectives on factors that may predict WL teacher attrition and retention. Findings identified elements related to…