02581oam 2200493 450 991082299220332120170523091602.01-4522-7163-11-4522-1068-3(OCoLC)842851723(MiFhGG)GVRL6RFB(EXLCZ)99378000000005711020100407d2010 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrWhy great teachers quit and how we might stop the exodus /Katy FarberThousand Oaks, Calif. :Corwin Press,2010.1 online resource (xxv, 167 pages) illustrationsGale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.1-4129-7245-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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"" 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 toTeacher turnoverUnited StatesPreventionTeachersJob stressUnited StatesEmployee retentionUnited StatesBurn out (Psychology)PreventionTeacher turnoverPrevention.TeachersJob stressEmployee retentionBurn out (Psychology)Prevention.371.140973Farber Katy1625140Hovsepian KarineMiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910822992203321Why great teachers quit4086498UNINA