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

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10857114
AutoresChris Torres (0000-0002-2257-8597, Montclair State University, NJ, USA, autor de correspondencia)
Año2016
Volumen51
Número8
Páginas891-914
Fecha de publicación2016-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaUrban Education (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0042-0859 • E-ISSN: 1552-8340
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0042085914549367
OpenAlexW2140284917
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas29
Referencias 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