Why teachers like me can't stay detnews.com The Detroit News:
"But high teacher turnover, in my millennial opinion, still matters, even with eager rookies waiting in the wings.
Having a base of teachers who teach for more than a token few years is critical to school reform. It helps principals and school leaders develop trusting relationships with teachers. It helps teachers collaborate with one another. Most of all, it helps students. A teacher with experience is not always a good teacher, but a good teacher is always better after a few years of experience. As my former principal not-so-subtly put it: 'The kids don't need one-year wonders. There is no such thing as a one-year wonder.'
Four-year wonders are better than nothing, but still not enough.
Sarah Fine was a teacher, department chair and instructional coach"
"But high teacher turnover, in my millennial opinion, still matters, even with eager rookies waiting in the wings.
Having a base of teachers who teach for more than a token few years is critical to school reform. It helps principals and school leaders develop trusting relationships with teachers. It helps teachers collaborate with one another. Most of all, it helps students. A teacher with experience is not always a good teacher, but a good teacher is always better after a few years of experience. As my former principal not-so-subtly put it: 'The kids don't need one-year wonders. There is no such thing as a one-year wonder.'
Four-year wonders are better than nothing, but still not enough.
Sarah Fine was a teacher, department chair and instructional coach"
