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Download full textIngersoll, Richard; May, Henry – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2010
The objective of this study is to use nationally representative data to examine the rates, destinations and sources of math and science teacher turnover. There are four sets of research questions the authors address concerning the departure of mathematics and science teachers from their schools: (1) At what rates do mathematics/science teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Salaries, Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Teacher Shortage
Foster, Elizabeth – National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2010
Shifts in the work force (both in education and more broadly) provide an opportunity to apply other creative approaches in the quest for more effective STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) teaching. Increasingly, professionals change careers and explore new and varied professional opportunities, rather than remain in a single…
Descriptors: Careers, Retirement, Baby Boomers, Engineering
Seastrom, Marilyn McMillen; Gruber, Kerry J.; Henke, Robin; McGrath, Daniel J.; Cohen, Benjamin A. – 2002
This study examined teacher qualifications and out-of-field teaching using National Center for Education Statistics' Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) data from 1988-00. It emphasized teachers without a major, minor, or certification in the subject taught and teachers without a major and certification in the subject taught. Overall, in middle…
Descriptors: Degrees (Academic), High Schools, Higher Education, Majors (Students)
Peer reviewedTai, Robert H.; Liu, Christine Qi; Fan, Xiato – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2006
In light of shortages of mathematics and science teachers, alternative certification was introduced in the mid-1980s. This study examined the effect of alternative certification among math and science teachers who moved to a different school or left the profession. This was accomplished using the national "SASS" and "TFS"…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers, Teacher Shortage
Ingersoll, Richard M. – 1999
This analysis examines the effects of school and organizational characteristics on teacher turnover and, in turn, school staffing problems. The analyses are based on data from the Schools and Staffing Survey and its supplement, the Teacher Followup Survey, a large, comprehensive, nationally representative survey of teachers and schools conducted…
Descriptors: Career Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Job Satisfaction, Labor Turnover
