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HOW TO KEEP TEACHERS IN CLASSROOMS

By ______________________

Students simply come and go . They come during enrollment and leave after graduation day . This is a reality that all people expect to happen . It is a normal scenario . After a few years studying Mathematics , Reading and Language , History , and Science , the American students leave their classrooms behind to move on to another level until a university degree is earned . If the students don 't leave ' the school on the anticipated graduation ceremony , it is a signal that there is a problem . This

scenario calls for the administration 's immediate and careful action so that students would leave ' school as expected

On the contrary , the situation of teachers is different . The exodus of teachers from a school is now a big problem that the American educational society needs to address if the government truly cares about the future . In this context , to care about the future is to care about who nurtures the American students in the classroom . Putting the children on the wrong hands can actually put the country 's future at stake

Are there enough teachers to mold the students ? Are the teachers competent and qualified ? Can these teachers promise years of service in the academic community ? Can the schools keep qualified teachers ? Or does the exodus ' of teachers just seem so uncontrollable

THE TEACHER SHORTAGE IS NOT THE PROBLEM

In the past , teachers look forward to getting tenure . When they do they start counting the graduation ceremonies that they have attended to . It means that they teach in schools for several years , making themselves significant players in the educational attainment of the students who are now professionals . In these modern times , however being a teacher is no longer a lifelong career . This is true partly because these days , many teachers have more job options which they may grab , especially if the pay is much higher (Schwartz , Wurtzel Olson 2007 ,

. 27 . In this case , it is important for the teacher 's salary scheme to be significantly competitive and attractive . Guarino Santibanez Daley (2006 ) define attractive as desirable in terms of ease of entry and overall compensation which includes salary , benefits working condition , and personal satisfaction . These policies related to compensation may be manipulated in school to get more teachers into teaching or to retain the qualified teachers who are already in school . The basic principle that explains teacher supply , as advocated by Guarino , Santibanez Daley (2006 ) is simple

Individuals will become or remain teachers if

teaching represents the most attractive activity

to pursue among all activities available to them

Unfortunately , teaching , these days , is not perceived as a lucrative job that students would want to enter into after graduation

The number of teachers who just come and go ' is much more alarming than anything else in the education sector . Schwartz , Wurtzel Olson (2007 ) mention that 30 of teachers in the US leave within three years and half of them have left within the first five years (p . 27 . The...