The Teacher Exodus

Author : Ernest J. Zarra
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-02
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475843729

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The Teacher Exodus by Ernest J. Zarra Pdf

The Teacher Exodus: Reversing the Trend and Keeping Teachers in the Classrooms is an authentic examination of many of the reasons public school teachers are leaving the profession. It also takes a hard look at why students are no longer selecting teaching as their career choice. American culture is at a tipping point and many politicians and bureaucrats are tinkering with culture through racial policies and social engineering, in efforts to empower students, rather than stem the tide of teacher attrition. Teachers are frustrated by requirements to implement social and intervention programs that fall outside their training, which limits the moral purpose they envisioned when they first entered the profession. Across the nation, teachers are feeling marginalized and impacted by policies handed down from above, which actually elevate students over teachers. Teachers sense their profession has been reduced to classroom monitoring and facilitating, which they did not sign up for! They are restricted in their classroom management and must employ a series of intervention strategies just to defend their actions of discipline. If America is to reverse the trend of teachers leaving classrooms, there must be genuinely supportive efforts to reinvigorate adults to pursue teaching and bureaucrats must release teachers to work their skills. There must be a reversal of the mindset that teachers are leaving education because education has left them. One way to do this is for bureaucrats and education administrators to once again empower teachers to be the local arbiters of education for their classrooms.

Author : Katy Farber
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781632201881

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Why Great Teachers Quit and How We Might Stop the Exodus by Katy Farber Pdf

Learn why today’s best teachers are leaving—from the teachers themselves. Low pay, increased responsibilities, and high-stakes standardized testing—these are just some of the reasons why more talented teachers are leaving the profession than ever before. Drawing on in-depth interviews with teachers all over the country, Katy Farber presents an in-the-trenches view of the classroom exodus and uncovers ways that schools can turn the tide. Farber's findings, which have been featured on Education Talk Radio, Vermont Public Radio, and in the Huffington Post, paint a sometimes shocking picture of life in today's schools, taking a frank look at • Challenges to teacher endurance, including tight budgets, difficult parents, standardized testing, unsafe schools, inadequate pay, and lack of respect • Strategies veteran teachers use to make sure the joys of teaching outweigh the frustrations • Success stories from individual schools and districts that have found solutions to these challenges • Recommendations for creating a school environment that fosters teacher retention Featuring clear analysis and concrete suggestions for administrators and policy makers, Why Great Teachers Quit takes you to the front lines of the fight to keep great teachers where they belong: in the classroom.

Author : Ernest J. Zarra
Publisher : R&L Education
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475802382

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Teacher-Student Relationships by Ernest J. Zarra Pdf

Why are so many public school teachers, administrators, and coaches choosing to become romantically and sexually involved with teenage students and players? Since 2000, numbers of intimate relationships between teachers and students have skyrocketed. Teacher arrests are at all-time highs. Is there a correlation between these relationships and communication and social technologies? This book explores: What is driving those in public and private education to have romantic and sexual relationships with their students, and to jeopardize their careers, families, reputations, and freedom? What roles do communication and social technologies play in feeding teacher-student relationships? Who is protecting teenagers from predator-teachers and predator-coaches, in our schools? Is there a new phenomenon in schools: The Predator Teenage Student? What practical strategies can be put in place to protect teenagers from sexual predators on our campuses? The appropriate educational use of communication technologies on high school campuses. This book is provocative and relevant for educators at all levels, public and private. It is also a must-read for professors, teachers-in training, athletic and academic coaches, school administrators, and parents.

Author : Katherine (Katy) Farber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Burn out (Psychology)
ISBN : 1299396062

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Why Great Teachers Quit by Katherine (Katy) Farber Pdf

Features analysis of the teacher retention problem, and provides suggestions for administrators and policy makers to keep good teachers in the classroom.

Author : Joseph Pulliblank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600098737

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The teacher's handbook of the Bible by Joseph Pulliblank Pdf

Author : Joseph Pulliblank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Bible
ISBN : NLS:V000659381

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The Teacher's Handbook of the Bible. A Syllabus of Bible Readings, and Connecting Epitomes, with Comments ... by Joseph Pulliblank Pdf

Author : D. Brent Edwards Jr.,Mauro C. Moschetti,Pauline Martin,Ricardo Morales-Ulloa
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781529231731

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Education and Development in Central America and the Latin Caribbean by D. Brent Edwards Jr.,Mauro C. Moschetti,Pauline Martin,Ricardo Morales-Ulloa Pdf

Rooted in an international political economy theoretical framework, this book provides unique insights into the global forces and local responses that are shaping education systems in Central America and the Latin Caribbean (CALC). The book covers all Spanish-speaking countries of the CALC region and examines the effects of macro-economic pressures, geopolitical intervention, neo-colonial relationships, global pandemics, transnational gang networks, and the influence of international organizations. Chapters analyse the challenges and opportunities these global forces present to education systems in the region as well as highlighting the local efforts to address, mitigate, and counteract them. In doing so, the book illuminates how education can contribute to either maintaining or challenging inequalities and exclusion in the face of pressures from the global to local levels.

Author : Alfred Barry (bp. of Sydney)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600099729

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The teacher's Prayer book; the Book of common prayer, with introductions, analyses, and notes, by A. Barry by Alfred Barry (bp. of Sydney) Pdf

Author : Maurice Galton,John MacBeath
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781849208413

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Teachers Under Pressure by Maurice Galton,John MacBeath Pdf

`This is a well written and thoroughly researched book on an issue of vital importance. It places the experiences of individual teachers under pressure into the larger UK and worldwide context. Policy makers need to wake up to its messages′ - Sara Bubb, Institute of Education, University of London What is it really like to be a teacher in today′s demanding classrooms? Maurice Galton and John MacBeath spoke to teachers, parents and students in England, and compared their responses to similar inquiries in Asia, America, Australia and New Zealand. Their findings were disturbing. Teacher stress and workload were persistent themes in the four studies, with teachers frequently stretched to breaking point as they endeavour to ′make a difference′ to their pupils′ learning and welfare. Issues examined in the book include: - frustrations facing those trying to make inclusive education work in practice - effects of constantly changing policies on the staff required to implement them - loss of status within the teaching profession - reasons for teachers choosing to leave the profession - the consequences of staying on and fighting for what one believes in This fascinating read will be of interest to anyone involved in teaching, school leadership and educational policy.

Author : Yin Ling Cheung,Selim Ben Said,Kwanghyun Park
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317686514

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Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research by Yin Ling Cheung,Selim Ben Said,Kwanghyun Park Pdf

This book presents the latest research on understanding language teacher identity and development for both novice and experienced researchers and educators, and introduces non-experts in language teacher education to key topics in teacher identity research. It covers a wide range of backgrounds, themes, and subjects pertaining to language teacher identity and development. Some of these include the effects of apprenticeship in doctoral training on novice teacher identity; the impacts of mid-career redundancy on the professional identities of teachers; challenges faced by teachers in the construction of their professional identities; the emerging professional identity of pre-service teachers; teacher identity development of beginning teachers; the role of emotions in the professional identities of non-native English speaking teachers; the negotiation of professional identities by female academics. Advances and Current Trends in Language Teacher Identity Research will appeal to academics in ELT/TESOL/applied linguistics. It will also be useful to those who are non-experts in language teacher education, yet still need to know about theories and recent advances in the area due to varying reasons including their affiliation to a teacher training institute; needs to participate in projects on language teacher education; and teaching a course for pre-service and in-service language teachers.

Author : Douglas W. Yacek,Mark E. Jonas,Kevin H. Gary
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781009188371

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Moral Education in the 21st Century by Douglas W. Yacek,Mark E. Jonas,Kevin H. Gary Pdf

Moral education is an enduring concern for societies committed to the value of justice and the wellbeing of children. What kind of moral guidance do young people need to navigate the social world today? Which theories, perspectives, values, and ideals are best suited for the task? This volume offers educators insight into both the challenges and promises of moral education from a variety of ethical perspectives. It introduces and analyses several important developments in ethics and moral psychology and discusses how some key moral problems can be addressed in contemporary classrooms. In doing so, Moral Education in the 21st Century helps readers develop a deeper understanding of the complexities of helping young people grow into moral agents and ethical people. As such, researchers, students, and professionals in the fields of moral education, moral psychology, moral philosophy, ethics, educational theory, and philosophy of education will benefit from this volume.

Author : Victoria Restler
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-14
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789004681576

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What Do You Do That Can’t Be Measured? by Victoria Restler Pdf

What do you do that can’t be measured? In this innovative debut on both the practice and study of critical educators, Restler answers back with radical care. Radical care in teaching and research; radical care as embodied and affective; radical care as justice work up against real and imagined deficits and racial capitalist scarcities. Drawing on a collaborative visual study with New York City public school teachers and her own art-research practice, Victoria Restler offers up a framework for radical care as relational, liberatory and fundamentally immeasurable. Slipping between genres and styles—personal narrative, poetic prose, empirical study, and three multimodal artworks—this book brings old and new traditions in arts-based research into dialogue with scholarship on care, affect studies, and Black Feminisms. The volume is essential reading for scholars and practitioners interested in the study of care, qualitative and arts-based research methodologies, as well as teacher practice and assessment.

Author : Austin Buffum,Cassandra Erkens
Publisher : Solution Tree Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781934009956

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The Collaborative Administrator by Austin Buffum,Cassandra Erkens Pdf

In a culture of shared leadership, the administrator’s role is more important than ever. How do you maintain the right balance of loose and tight leadership? How do you establish profound, lasting trust? What principles strengthen principal leadership? This book answers these questions and more in compelling chapters that deliver the strategies and heartfelt inspiration essential to being the best administrator you can be.

Author : May Hara,Annalee G. Good
Publisher : Teachers College Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780807781524

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Teachers as Policy Advocates by May Hara,Annalee G. Good Pdf

This book argues that teachers’ active participation in policy advocacy is crucial to creating a K–12 educational system that honors the needs of students, families, and communities. The authors examine obstacles to teacher involvement in policy, analyze preservice and practicing teachers’ experiences, and present a model for collaborative professional development for teacher policy advocacy. Case studies are used to explore four contemporary policy areas—school safety, student assessment, public health, and digital learning—to identify what teachers know about policy, how they view their relationships to advocacy, and the impact of collaborative professional development on their beliefs and practices. This text offers pragmatic strategies for increasing teacher policy capacity and advocacy agency while simultaneously calling for systemic change at school, district, state, and national levels of policymaking. Teachers, teacher educators, researchers, and administrators can use this resource for reflection, discussion, and action with the goal of creating more effective and responsive educational policy. Book Features: Offers recommendations for how to engage and empower teachers based on original research conducted with student teachers and practicing teachers in two states.Explores how policy affects teachers and students in areas such as school safety, standardized assessments, the COVID crisis, and using digital tools in schools.Helps school administrators identify supports and challenges for incoming teachers.

Author : John Bangs,John Macbeath,Maurice Galton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136890932

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Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching by John Bangs,John Macbeath,Maurice Galton Pdf

What lessons can we learn from the relationship between policy-makers and schools over the life of the ‘New’ Labour and its predecessor Conservative government? What happened to ‘Education, Education, Education’ as it travelled from political vision to classroom practice? What are the lasting legacies of 13 years of a reforming Labour government? And what are the key messages for a coalition government? These are the questions addressed to the architects of educational reform, their critics and the prophets of better things to come. The 37 interviewees include ministers past and present, journalists, union officials, members of lobby groups and think tanks. Reinventing Schools, Reforming Teaching considers the impact of educational policies on those who have to translate political priorities into the day to day work of schools and classrooms. The authors argue that an evidence-informed view of policy-making has yet to be realised, graphically illustrating how many recent political decisions in education can be explained by the personal experiences, predilections and short-term needs of key decision-makers. The interviews, which explore the dynamics behind the creation of education policies, cover a wide range of themes and issues, including: policy-makers' attitudes to schools, the staff who work in them and the communities they serve the drivers of politicians' reform agendas and the constraints on radical reform the shaping and reshaping of curriculum and assessment the search for a more effective marriage between inspection and school self evaluation the relationship of academic research to policy making how a vision for teaching and teachers might be constructed for the 21st century Contributions from leading figures including; David Puttnam, Kenneth Baker, Estelle Morris, Gillian Shepherd, Jim Knight, Pauline Perry, Michael Barber, Peter Mortimore, Judy Sebba, Paul Black, Mary James, Kevan Collins, David Hargreaves, Mike Tomlinson, David Berliner, Andreas Schleicher, Tim Brighouse, Conor Ryan, Keith Bartley, Michael Gove and Philippa Cordingley are woven in with the insights of teachers and headteachers such as Alasdair MacDonald and William Atkinson. The book's findings and proposals will be of interest not only to professional educators and those with an interest in the current and future state of education but to those interested in the process of policy-making itself.