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Predicting Teachers' Job Satisfaction
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Shockley, Robert Eugene; Morris, John D.; Watlington, Eliah; Hidrowoh, Jacob R. – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
The purpose of this study was to identify relationships between job satisfiers and job dissatisfiers that teachers experience in the workplace, using the lens of the Weighted Balance Satisfier Model. The 2011-12 school year Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) of the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), U.S. Department of Education was the source…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Job Satisfaction, Stress Variables, Student Behavior
Does School Racial Composition Matter to Teachers: Examining Racial Differences in Teachers' Perceptions of Student Problems
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Martinez, Matthew J. – Urban Education, 2020
This study investigates how teachers' perceptions of student problems are affected by school-level student/teacher racial compositions. Utilizing the full spectrum of student/teacher racial compositions, results from nonlinear models show that students, regardless of their individual racial background, will be evaluated partially on the racial…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Racial Composition, Educational Environment, Racial Identification
What Are the Different Types of Principals across the United States? A Latent Class Analysis of Principal Perception of Leadership
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Urick, Angela; Bowers, Alex J. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2014
Purpose: Effective styles of principal leadership can help address multiple issues in struggling schools, such as low student achievement and high rates of teacher attrition. Although the literature has nominated certain "idealized" leadership styles as being more or less effective, such as transformational, instructional, and shared…
Descriptors: Principals, Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles, Administrator Effectiveness
Principals' Perceptions of Barriers to Dismissal of Poor-Performing Teachers
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Dandoy, Jason R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to determine which factors influence items that school principals consider "barriers" to dismissal of "incompetent" or "poor performing" teachers. This study determines if specific characteristics of schools, principals, or a combination of the two can predict the specific barriers cited…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Teacher Dismissal, Barriers