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Direct linkJohnson, Susan Moore – Educational Leadership, 2022
Susan Moore Johnson, a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and leading scholar on school staffing, highlights research from the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers showing the importance of inclusive leadership and team-based structures in improving teacher recruitment and retention. School context is key in determining…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making, Cooperation
Johnson, Susan Moore – Educational Researcher, 2015
Throughout the United States there is an increasing trend toward using value-added methods (VAMs) for high-stakes decisions. When policymakers use VAMs to identify, reward, and dismiss teachers, they may perpetuate the egg-crate model of schooling and undermine efforts to build instructional capacity schoolwide. At any time, in any school, some…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, High Stakes Tests, Teacher Evaluation, Educational Quality
Donaldson, Morgaen L.; Johnson, Susan Moore – Phi Delta Kappan, 2011
A large-scale, nationwide analysis of Teach For America teacher turnover presents a deeper picture of which TFAers stay, which ones leave the profession and some suggestions about why they leave. The authors learned that nearly two-thirds (60.5%) of TFA teachers continue as public school teachers beyond their two-year commitment; more than half…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Public School Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Career Change
Peer reviewedJohnson, Susan Moore; Birkeland, Sarah E. – Educational Leadership, 2003
Four-year study of the career paths of 50 beginning teachers in Massachusetts focuses on why 8 of these teachers ("Voluntary Movers") transferred from original schools to other public schools. Reasons given for transferring include reasonable assignments, stable working environments, opportunities to learn and grow, and accessible,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Mobility, Institutional Characteristics
Download full textJohnson, Susan Moore – National Education Association Research Department, 2006
This report describes workplace conditions that support effective instruction and professional growth according to recent research. Key workplace conditions include: fair teaching assignments; opportunities for teachers to collaborate with colleagues; extra induction support, ongoing professional development, and expanded career opportunities;…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Employment Opportunities, Teacher Effectiveness, Principals
Peske, Heather G.; Liu, Edward; Johnson, Susan Moore; Kauffman, David; Kardos, Susan M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2001
Based on information from interviews with 50 first- and second-year teachers in Massachusetts, proposes a mixed model for the teaching career: one that would be responsive to the needs of both teachers who envision long-term careers and those who envision short-term stays in teaching. Draws implications for teacher recruitment and retention…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teacher Induction, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education
