Special Education Teacher Retention and Attrition

By Bonnie Billingsley. 2004

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‘Overworked and underappreciated’: special education teachers describe stress and attrition (2020, background): “According to Billingsley (2004), approximately 50% of special education teachers leave the professionwithin the first five years, which costs the US Department of Education approximately 90 USD million annually (Brownell, Hirsch, and Seo 2004).”
Teacher Attrition and Retention Research in Australia: Towards a New Theoretical Framework (2015, unknown): “…reliability of this measure is the use of different forms of questioning, and different time frames for requesting information about future intentions, a problem also found in an international review of literature relating to special education teacher attrition and retention (Billingsley, 2004).”
The association between teaching students with disabilities and teacher turnover. (2020, background): “This is problematic because training and preparation, as indicated by certification, may attenuate teacher turnover (Billingsley, 2004; Borman & Dowling, 2008; Kane, Rockoff, & Staiger, 2008; Redding & Smith, 2016).”
Special Education Teacher Burnout: A Synthesis of Research from 1979 to 2013 (2014, background): “The special education literature has traditionally focused on stress or burnout in terms of attrition (Billingsley, 2004; Gersten, Keating, Yovanoff, & Harniss, 2001).”
Principal Support Is Imperative to the Retention of Teachers in Hard-to-Staff Schools. (2014, background): “It has been found in previous research that all of these factors play an important role in the retention of teachers in hard-to-staff schools (Billingsley, 2004). Principals have the opportunity to create and maintain a positive school culture and climate that ensures a reduction of teacher attritio”
Why are New Teachers Leaving the Profession? Results of a Canada-Wide Survey (2013, background): “It presents four main factor types for teachers who leave the profession: a) Task-related factors: a demanding and time-consuming job[8],[9],[33],[35],[37],[40], management of difficu lt classrooms[5],[28],[40], unsatisfactory work conditions, particularly low salaries[3],[8],[11],[15],[16],[17],[24”
How School Administrators Influence the Retention of Teachers of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders (2011, background): “Securing sufficient numbers of teachers trained to work with students with disabilities has been particularly problematic, and while the shortage of certified special educators has been a nationwide problem for more than 20 years ( Billingsley 2004a ), it has only recently received significant atten”
The Relationship of Perceived Support to Satisfaction and Commitment for Special Education Teachers in Rural Areas (2012, background): “…lack of clearly defined roles and infrequent opportunities to exchange ideas with others are factors that contribute to special education teachers’ sense of role confusion and professional isolation, thus increasing their dissatisfaction and attrition (Billingsley, 2004a; Cooley & Yovanoff, 1996).”
Burnout and teacher self-efficacy among teachers working in special education institutions in Turkey (2014, background): “Also, job stress and attrition cause big numbers of special education teachers to leave the field, leading to a decrease in the quality of special education (Billingsley 2004; Zabel and Kay Zabel 2001). International trends indicate that one-third of teachers working in the field are lost due to att”
Key influences on special education teachers’ intentions to leave (2017, background): “…education teachers’ intentions to leave appears important because, as has been noted about research on employee turnover intentions generally (e.g., Billingsley, 2004a; Elangovan, 2001), research has not satisfactorily assessed mediating characteristics that may intervene in the workplace…”
Teacher Induction, Mentoring, and Retention: A Summary of the Research (2005, methodology): “A useful review of these was conducted by Billingsley (2004) .”