Factors That Contribute to Job Satisfaction and Teacher Retention in Title I versus Non-Title I Elementary Schools

Autor/in	Tolliver, Janice Lea
Titel	Factors That Contribute to Job Satisfaction and Teacher Retention in Title I versus Non-Title I Elementary Schools
Quelle	(2018), (107 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit Ed.D. Dissertation, Liberty University
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
ISBN	978-0-3557-9604-9
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Dissertation; Job Satisfaction; Comparative Analysis; Teaching Conditions; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Persistence; Teacher Surveys; Elementary School Teachers; Disadvantaged Youth; Labor Turnover; Statistical Analysis; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Thesis; Dissertations; Academic thesis; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Lehrbedingungen; Unterrichtsbedingungen; Lehrerverhalten; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Statistische Analyse; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht
Abstract	The public school systems in the United States are facing a major teacher shortage in the near future due to the fact that teachers are leaving the profession by the thousands each year. It is imperative that this trend is stopped and reversed to ensure that quality teachers remain in schools. The current study employed a causal-comparative design to determine if working conditions in Title I schools versus non-Title I schools were associated with teacher job satisfaction and teacher retention using the North Carolina Teacher Working Conditions (NC TWC) Survey. The qualifications of the selected participants were that they were employed in a specific district in North-Central North Carolina during the 2015-2016 school year, and taught in two specific Title I or two specific non-Title I elementary schools. Participants were drawn from a convenience sample of teachers (n = 110) in two Title I elementary schools and two non-Title I elementary schools and were randomly selected from that sample for job satisfaction, and fifty Title I elementary schools and fifty non-Title I elementary schools (n = 100) for teacher turnover rate. The data were analyzed using a t-test for independent means to determine whether the means of the two groups were statistically significant from one another in job satisfaction and a chi-square test to determine whether teacher turnover rate was distributed differently between the Title I schools and non-Title I schools. No significant difference was found in any subcategory for job satisfaction and no significant difference was found in teacher retention. Recommendations for future research include utilizing a larger number of schools and districts in the sample and examining all subcategories of the NC TWC Survey. The results of this study may influence the steps that school systems can take to retain quality teachers. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.] (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	ProQuest LLC. 789 East Eisenhower Parkway, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. Tel: 800-521-0600; Web site: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01