A Brief Summary of Teacher Recruitment and Retention in the Smallest Illinois Rural Schools

Autor/in	Ulferts, John David
Titel	A Brief Summary of Teacher Recruitment and Retention in the Smallest Illinois Rural Schools
Quelle	In: Rural Educator, 37 (2016) 1, S.14-24 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0273-446X
Schlagwörter	Teacher Recruitment; Teacher Persistence; Faculty Mobility; Rural Schools; Teacher Attitudes; School Districts; Job Satisfaction; Class Activities; Family Work Relationship; Teacher Characteristics; Faculty Development; Teacher Salaries; Educational Facilities; Life Style; Teacher Student Relationship; Safety; Parent Teacher Cooperation; Marketing; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Small Schools; Illinois + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerrekrutierung; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Lehrerverhalten; School district; Schulbezirk; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Lehrerbesoldung; Lehrervergütung; Bildungsstätte; Lebensstil; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Sicherheit; Parent teacher relation; Parent-teacher cooperation; Parent-teacher relation; Parent-teacher relationship; Parent teacher relationship; Eltern-Lehrer-Beziehung
Abstract	Teacher recruitment and retention factors were identified in the smallest public school districts in Illinois. Findings were compared to a previous study of Montana rural teacher recruitment and retention conducted by Davis (2002). A quantitative survey instrument was administered to teachers employed in the 24 smallest Illinois school districts. The survey consisted of Likert-type items measuring recruitment, retention, and job satisfaction factors and was based on the Boylan (1993) four spheres of influence for teacher recruitment and retention: 1) within classroom activities, 2) whole school level activities, 3) community level activities, and 4) family/personal factors. Results were similar to the Davis study with the family/personal and whole school level spheres most important to teacher recruitment and the community and within classroom spheres most important to teacher retention. Teachers were also asked to identify the recruitment and retention strategies they perceived as being most important for rural school districts and to respond to three professional satisfaction questions. The study concluded with recommendations for both educational practitioners and researchers. (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	2020/1/01