- Year 2024
- NSF Noyce Award # 1758345
- First Name Sheila
- Last Name Vaidya
- Institution Drexel University
- Role/Position Principal Investigator (PI)
- Proposal Type Lightning Talk
- Workshop Category Track 1: Scholarships and Stipends
- Workshop Disciplines Audience STEM Education (general)
- Target Audience Co-PIs, Evaluators/Education Researchers, Noyce Master Teachers, Noyce Teaching Fellows, Other Faculty/Staff, Project PIs, Undergraduate and/or Graduate Noyce Scholars
- Topics Recruiting with Retention in Mind
- Additional Presenter(s)
Casey Hanna
Proposal
In this study, we focus on six teachers who have been retained in high needs schools beyond expectations. Some over ten years, one for fifteen years. As we probed into their reasons, we found that the critical factor was job satisfaction. We found that schools are concerned about teachers leaving the profession but do not pay attention to what it takes to experience satisfaction from being valued, appreciated, and treated like a professional. Those schools that do, are rewarded with teachers staying in the profession and making an impact in their classes every day.
