Retention Issues: A Study of Alabama Special Education Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Plash, Shawn; Piotrowski, Chris
Titel	Retention Issues: A Study of Alabama Special Education Teachers
Quelle	In: Education, 127 (2006) 1, S.125-128 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1172
Schlagwörter	Relocation; Special Education; Special Education Teachers; Job Satisfaction; Class Size; Teacher Attitudes; Teacher Persistence; Measures (Individuals); Teacher Effectiveness; Stress Variables; Federal Legislation; Compliance (Legal); Alabama + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umsetzung; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Klassengröße; Lehrerverhalten; Messdaten; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Bundesrecht
Abstract	This study investigated issues that impact attrition, migration and retention of special education teachers in Alabama. The sample comprised 70 teachers designated as "highly-qualified" who responded to a job satisfaction instrument, with a focus on retention issues, developed by Levine (2001). The results indicated that the major reasons for either relocation or attrition were job conditions, occupational stress, demands of IDEA compliance, and increased caseload and class size. Other factors included the relocation of spouse's job and threat of litigation. Prior studies which corroborated the current findings were noted. (Contains 1 table.) (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10