Leveraging the Perspectives of Rural Educators to Develop Realistic Job Previews for Rural Teacher Recruitment and Retention

Autor/inn/en	Tran, Henry; Hardie, Suzy; Gause, Simone; Moyi, Peter; Ylimaki, Rose
Titel	Leveraging the Perspectives of Rural Educators to Develop Realistic Job Previews for Rural Teacher Recruitment and Retention
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 41 (2020) 2, S.31-46 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Rural Education; Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Persistence; Personality Theories; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ländliche Erwachsenenbildung; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Lehrerverhalten; Lehrerrekrutierung; Personality theory; Persönlichkeitstheorie; Principal; Schulleiter
Abstract	Rurality is perceived by many to be a deficit or challenge when it comes to teacher recruitment and retention. However, recently, some have argued that moving away from a deficit model and treating rurality as an asset may hold promise for teacher staffing. Drawing on Person-Organization (P-O) fit theory, we extend this argument in our study by investigating the perceptions of teachers from the rural Lowcountry of South Carolina, a region with documented severe teacher shortages, concerning rural teaching advantages and challenges. These reflections provide the data necessary to develop realistic job previews (RJP) that can be highlighted in the teacher staffing process at their schools. To obtain the data, we conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with 11 rural teachers and one principal (n=12). Several common themes emerged, which we used to develop a sample web-based RJP content for demonstration purposes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	National Rural Education Association. e-mail: theruraleducator@gmail.com; Web site: https://journals.library.msstate.edu/ruraled
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01