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Principals' Approaches to Hiring, Assigning, Evaluating, and Developing Teachers
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Donaldson, Morgaen L. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2011
This article provides key findings from a study of 30 principals working in charter and conventional schools in two northeastern states. It aims to inform policy makers regarding how principals could more positively influence teacher quality. It focuses on the following questions: (1) What influenced how principals hired, assigned, evaluated, and…
Descriptors: Principals, Charter Schools, Traditional Schools, Context Effect
Teach For America Teachers: How Long Do They Teach? Why Do They Leave?
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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
The Price of Misassignment: The Role of Teaching Assignments in Teach for America Teachers' Exit from Low-Income Schools and the Teaching Profession
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Donaldson, Morgaen L.; Johnson, Susan Moore – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2010
Teach For America (TFA) recruits high-achieving college graduates to teach for 2 years in the nation's low-income schools. This study is the first to examine these teachers' retention nationwide, asking whether, when, and why they voluntarily transfer from their low-income placement schools or leave teaching altogether. Based on a survey of three…
Descriptors: Teacher Placement, Beginning Teachers, Alternative Teacher Certification, Disadvantaged Schools
Principals' Approaches to Developing Teacher Quality: Constraints and Opportunities in Hiring, Assigning, Evaluating, and Developing Teachers
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Donaldson, Morgaen L. – Center for American Progress, 2011
There is growing evidence that, of all school resources, teachers have the largest impact on student achievement. Principals arguably play the most important role in ensuring that excellent teaching occurs in their school. How principals hire teachers, assign them to specific positions, evaluate them, and provide growth opportunities for them…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Principals, Human Capital