"Managed" Teacher Turnover: A Strategy for School Improvement

Autor/inn/en	Lewis, Jessica L.; London, Tim D.
Titel	"Managed" Teacher Turnover: A Strategy for School Improvement
Quelle	In: AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 6 (2009) 3, S.25-31 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1931-6569
Schlagwörter	School Culture; Teacher Persistence; Educational Change; Faculty Mobility; Educational Improvement; Effective Schools Research; Change Strategies; Leadership Effectiveness; Leadership Styles; Principals; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulkultur; Schulleben; Bildungsreform; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Schulforschung; Lösungsstrategie; Führungseffizienz; Führungsstil; Principal; Schulleiter; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	Given the negative implications of unmanaged teacher attrition for student learning and the potential of leadership actions to affect this dynamic, this article highlights the practices of one principal in the Chicago Public School (CPS) system who used teacher attrition to her school's advantage. Her actions reveal leadership practices that can transform unwieldy teacher attrition into a powerful tool for improving teaching effectiveness. The three strategies used by Principal Pinkston to manage teacher attrition in her quest to improve teaching and learning at Johnson Elementary include: (1) treating the root cause of the problem; (2) strategizing the timing of change efforts; and (3) using attrition as an opportunity to build the "right" professional community. She created a school culture of accountability and autonomy in which teachers uncommitted to or incapable of meeting the expectations were removed from the school either by their own volition or Principal Pinkston's determination. This road to school improvement, though not without challenges, ensured a meaningful transformation of both teaching and learning among teachers committed to the long-term success of Johnson Elementary. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10