Abstract
In an effort to provide information to help understand and slow the rapid turnover and decline of quality educational professionals and to aid in the quest to stock our classrooms with the very best teacher educators, this research examined public school teachers who at some point in their career seriously considered leaving the profession, but for one or more of the reasons described in this study, ultimately chose to stay. This phenomenological case study focused on a sample of twenty-five kindergarten through grade five teachers employed by one Western North Carolina school district. A series of written and oral responses to critical incident questionnaires, individual interviews, and focus group discussions provided the data for this qualitative study. The results found six motivators for why teachers seriously consider leaving the profession and six incentives for remaining in the profession.
Recommended Citation
Freeman, Greta G.
(2008)
"Teachers Who Seriously Considered Leaving the Profession but Ultimately Chose to Stay,"
Teacher Education Journal of South Carolina: Vol. 1:
No.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.coastal.edu/tejsc/vol1/iss1/4