Improving teacher compensation : an exploration of teacher attitudes
Title
Improving teacher compensation : an exploration of teacher attitudes
Creator
Burks, Robyn
Description
Burks, Robyn
Like most industries, education is facing a staffing and retention crisis, especially during this post-pandemic climate. Hiring and retaining teachers to work with the most at-risk, low-performing students and at hard-to-staff schools intensifies the educator drought and professional deluge. As the challenge to staff schools grows increasingly alarming, schools need to implement sustainable measures to address this concern. Some districts use financial incentives and performance awards to attract and retain teachers; however, these methods do not have the same impact when first introduced. Using a qualitative approach, the aim of this dissertation is to understand why financial incentives are not gaining the expected traction in recruiting efforts to motivate educators to work in districts that reward teachers for working with low-performing, at-risk, and/or rural or hard-to-staff schools. Existing research highlights programs but does not address current inhibitions that lessen attraction and retention. This study will bridge the gap between existing research and prevailing attitudes toward pay-for-performance (PFP) programs that reward stellar instruction provided to low-performing, at-risk students and hard-to-staff or rural campuses and districts.
Like most industries, education is facing a staffing and retention crisis, especially during this post-pandemic climate. Hiring and retaining teachers to work with the most at-risk, low-performing students and at hard-to-staff schools intensifies the educator drought and professional deluge. As the challenge to staff schools grows increasingly alarming, schools need to implement sustainable measures to address this concern. Some districts use financial incentives and performance awards to attract and retain teachers; however, these methods do not have the same impact when first introduced. Using a qualitative approach, the aim of this dissertation is to understand why financial incentives are not gaining the expected traction in recruiting efforts to motivate educators to work in districts that reward teachers for working with low-performing, at-risk, and/or rural or hard-to-staff schools. Existing research highlights programs but does not address current inhibitions that lessen attraction and retention. This study will bridge the gap between existing research and prevailing attitudes toward pay-for-performance (PFP) programs that reward stellar instruction provided to low-performing, at-risk students and hard-to-staff or rural campuses and districts.
Date
2023
Publisher
Alverno College
Extent
141 pages
Language
English
Format
PDF
Type
Text
Dissertation
Subject
Teacher turnover
Teachers--Salaries, etc.
Merit pay
Performance pay
Incentive pay
At-risk
Low-performing
Rights
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Collection
Citation
Burks, Robyn, “Improving teacher compensation : an exploration of teacher attitudes,” Alverno College Library Digital Commons, accessed May 15, 2024, https://alverno.omeka.net/items/show/902.