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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822992203321

Autore

Farber Katy

Titolo

Why great teachers quit : and how we might stop the exodus / / Katy Farber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Corwin Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-4522-7163-1

1-4522-1068-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxv, 167 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

371.140973

Soggetti

Teacher turnover - United States - Prevention

Teachers - Job stress - United States

Employee retention - United States

Burn out (Psychology) - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Guardian""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1 - Standardized Testing""; ""Chapter 2 - Working Conditions in Today's Schools""; ""Chapter 3 - Ever-Higher Expectations""; ""Chapter 4 - Bureaucracy""; ""Chapter 5 - Respect and Compensation""; ""Chapter 6 - Parents""; ""Chapter 7 - Administrators""; ""Chapter 8 - School Boards""; ""Afterword - Final Thoughts""; ""References""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Learn why today's best teachers are leaving-from the teachers themselves  More talented teachers are leaving the profession than ever before. Drawing on in-depth interviews, Farber presents an in-the-trenches view of the classroom exodus and how schools can turn the tide, focusing on:     Challenges to teacher endurance, including tight budgets, difficult parents, unsafe schools, inadequate pay, and lack of respect    Strategies veteran teachers use to make sure the joys of teaching outweigh the frustrations    Success stories from individual schools and districts that have found solutions to