Is This Work Sustainable? Teacher Turnover and Perceptions of Workload in Charter Management Organizations

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ID10857114
AutoresChris Torres (0000-0002-2257-8597, Montclair State University, NJ, USA, autor correspondente)
Ano2016
Volume51
Fascículo8
Páginas891-914
Data de publicação2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoUrban Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0042-0859 • E-ISSN: 1552-8340
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042085914549367
OpenAlexW2140284917
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas29
Referências citadas23

An unsustainable workload is considered the primary cause of teacher turnover at Charter Management Organizations (CMOs), yet most reports provide anecdotal evidence to support this claim. This study uses 2010-2011 survey data from one large CMO and finds that teachers’ perceptions of workload are significantly associated with decisions to leave across schools and teachers. About 1 out of 3 teachers who rated their workload “unmanageable” left their school compared with 1 in 10 who did not rate their workload unmanageable. However, controlling for perceptions of leadership and professional growth, workload was no longer associated with turnover. Accounting for measures of working conditions across schools and teachers, perceptions of the CMO’s student disciplinary systems were the only significant predictor of turnover

Charter · Discipline · Economics · Management · Medical education · Perception · Political science · Turnover · Work (physics) · Workload · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Medicine · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies