Teacher Migration: Extension and Application of the Population Ecology Model to Explore Teacher Transfers in a Reform Environment

《Teacher Migration: Extension and Application of the Population Ecology Model to Explore Teacher Transfers in a Reform Environment》

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关键字: educational policy; school turnaround; persistently low-achieving schools; teacher transfers; population ecology; STUDENT-ACHIEVEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL ECOLOGY; CERTIFICATION MATTER; UNITED-STATES; SCHOOL; LEADERSHIP; RETENTION; QUALITY; PERFORMANCE; EVOLUT

作者单位: [Hochbein, Craig] Lehigh Univ, Educ Leadership, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA. [Carpenter, Bradley] Univ Louisville, Dept Leadership Fdn & Human Resource Educ, Louisville, KY 40292 USA. Hochbein, C (reprint author), Lehigh Univ, Coll Educ, 111 Res Dr, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA. E-Mail: craig.hochbein@lehigh.edu

摘要: This article assesses the association between the Title I School Improvement Grant (SIG) program's personnel replacement policy and teacher employment patterns within an urban school district. Hannan and Freeman's population ecology model allowed the authors to consider schools within districts as individual organizations nested within a larger organization. The data are drawn from employment records of 2,470 teachers who worked in 19 high schools in a single school district from 2006 to 2011. The personnel replacement policy of the Title I SIG program appears to have reinforced, and in some cases intensified, existing patterns of teacher selection, retention, and migration.