teacher retention
Staff turnover's opposite
Teacher retention is the degree to which schools or districts keep their teaching staff from year to year, rather than losing them to resignation, retirement, or career changes.
High retention suggests satisfied teachers and stable learning environments; low retention often signals problems with pay, working conditions, or administrative support.
The district implemented mentorship programs to improve teacher retention.
- job satisfactionContentment with one's employment
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- pay raiseHigher compensation rate
- career ladderSequential job advancement structure
- mentorship programsStructured expert-novice pairings
burnout · student achievement · exit interviews · second career · administrative support · housing assistance · leadership training · flexible scheduling · work-life balance · staying power · professional development · school culture · working conditions · geographic location · class size
- rural schoolsrural school, small class sizes, rural district, one-room schools, one-room school
- School Staffinghiring, staffing, staff recruitment, principals, superintendents
- staffingstaffing, turnover rates, hiring, staffing firm, staffing agency
- public schoolselementary school, middle school, high school, kindergarten, classroom
- teacher educationpracticum, credential, B.Ed., methods, education degree
teacher retentionteacher turnover
Educators departing their positions
brain drain · staffing crisis · staff turnover · mass resignation · teacher shortage
teacher, retention, teach, retain, teaching, teachings, taught, teachable, unteachable