Retention of Special Education Teachers in Alternative Schools
Location
Hamilton B
Proposal Track
Research Project
Session Format
Presentation
Abstract
The proposed study will identify and analyze the factors that influence special education teachers in alternative schools to remain in their profession. The proposed study will involve a qualitative, phenomenological design which includes interviews of special education teachers who have taught for more than five years in an alternative school setting. The interview protocol items and their categorizations as external factors, employment factors or personal factors are based upon Billingsley’s (1993) conceptual framework. Using these categories as a basis, the following research questions will guide the study:
1. What influences special education teachers’ decision to remain in alternative schools?
2. What do principals think influences special education teachers’ decision to remain in alternative schools?
The population of the study will consist of special education teachers who have remained in an alternative school setting for five or more years. The sample group for the interviews will included 6-8 special education teachers and 2-3 principals from a network of alternative education schools in the southeast United States. It is hoped that the data collected from this study may assist administrators as they address the influential factors in order to increase the retention of special education teachers in alternative setting.
Keywords
special education teachers, teacher retention, alternative schools
Recommended Citation
Holmes, Natasha R., "Retention of Special Education Teachers in Alternative Schools" (2016). Georgia Educational Research Association Conference. 11.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gera/2016/2016/11
Retention of Special Education Teachers in Alternative Schools
Hamilton B
The proposed study will identify and analyze the factors that influence special education teachers in alternative schools to remain in their profession. The proposed study will involve a qualitative, phenomenological design which includes interviews of special education teachers who have taught for more than five years in an alternative school setting. The interview protocol items and their categorizations as external factors, employment factors or personal factors are based upon Billingsley’s (1993) conceptual framework. Using these categories as a basis, the following research questions will guide the study:
1. What influences special education teachers’ decision to remain in alternative schools?
2. What do principals think influences special education teachers’ decision to remain in alternative schools?
The population of the study will consist of special education teachers who have remained in an alternative school setting for five or more years. The sample group for the interviews will included 6-8 special education teachers and 2-3 principals from a network of alternative education schools in the southeast United States. It is hoped that the data collected from this study may assist administrators as they address the influential factors in order to increase the retention of special education teachers in alternative setting.
