Contributing Factors Associated With Teacher Attrition in a SouthWest Gerogia School System

Contributing Factors to Teacher Attrition in South West Georgia

Review of Related Literature

The vast majority of Americans believe that what is important to be acknowledged for reform in their country is the kind or quality of teaching that is being provided to their children (Troen and Boles 2003 . This is the sentiment of many parents as they feel that there are more and more unqualified and incompetent teachers being employed by schools in replacement to the increasing number of good teachers leaving the academic setting partly or completely . The teacher crisis

is evident and is surely to continue as long as the problem is not truly addresses as to its real causes and the underlying factors or issues which make the scenario even worse . As such , the crisis does not only create huge costs for the budgetary of district schools but it also has repercussions on the quality of education as a consequence (Troen and Boles , 2003

In this light , the author intends to unravel the significant issues that are associated with the burgeoning teacher attrition all over America with specific attention to the South West Georgia region . The following pertinent pieces of literature will help provide an understanding on the matter , as to what and why such crisis exists , laying out significant implications and even probable solutions to the issue

Teacher Attrition and Implications

In accordance with Ingersoll (2001 , there is a 14 turnover rate for teachers in the Schools and Staffing Survey in the early 1990s . That...