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

• Autore: Farber Katy
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Corwin Press, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxv, 167 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 371.140973
• Soggetto topico: Teacher turnover - United States - Prevention; Teachers - Job stress - United States; Employee retention - United States; Burn out (Psychology) - Prevention
• Persona (resp. second.): HovsepianKarine
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Why great teachers quit
• ISBN: 1-4522-7163-1; 1-4522-1068-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822992203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II