Educator Turnover Has Markedly Increased, but Districts Have Taken Actions to Boost Teacher Ranks: Selected Findings from the Sixth American School District Panel Survey

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Diliberti, Melissa Kay

Contributor:

Schwartz, Heather L.

Language:

English

Other Title:

Educator Turnover Has Markedly Increased, but Districts Have Taken Actions to Boost Teacher Ranks

Place of Publication:

RAND Corporation 2023

Summary:

At least until spring 2022, the dismal teaching conditions induced by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic had not led to notably higher educator turnover. However, surveys of educators continue to show that many teachers and principals plan to push up their anticipated retirement date because of the pandemic, and morale among educators looks to be at an all-time low. The question remains whether educators' continued frustration and exhaustion will make them leave the profession. Evidence from superintendents suggests that at least some school leaders have decided to see the pandemic through before leaving, implying that resignations and retirements might begin to increase now that the pandemic is receding. To obtain a national picture of teacher and principal turnover at the end of the 2021–2022 school year and districts' staffing shortages at the beginning of the 2022–2023 school year, researchers surveyed 300 district and charter network leaders in the American School District Panel from October to December 2022.