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GOOD RIDDANCE! OR PLEASE STAY!
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITHOUT YOU?
A STUDY OF ATTRITION AMONG VETERAN TEACHERS IN LOS ANGELES
by
Giselle Hagenmayer
__________________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF EDUCATION
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Giselle Hagenmayer
Object Description
| Title | Good riddance! or Please stay! What are we going to do without you ?: a study of attrition among veteran teachers in Los Angeles |
| Author | Hagenmayer, Giselle |
| Author email | hans@teamprovident.com; hagenmayer@hotmail.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Education |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Education |
| School | Rossier School of Education |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-09-03 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-09-29 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Hocevar, Dennis |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Shakhbagova, Julietta Duran, Christina |
| Abstract | In this study, 1,008 teachers who had retired from the Los Angeles Unified School District completed an in-depth survey. They were questioned about their demographics, the demographics of their school, their opinions about their career, and their work satisfaction as well as asked about what the reasons for their retirement had been and what might have induced them to remain actively working in their profession for more years. The results of the analysis indicated that 90% of the teachers had retired under the age of 65 and that teachers generally loved their profession but had experienced sharply diminished job satisfaction. Early retirees characterized the workplace and particularly the administration as more problematic than did late retirees. They attributed their retirement decision more often to those problems than to health factors or personal plans. The qualitative analysis, in particular, revealed a deeply critical attitude by all of the participants. Many teachers indicated that better administrators, less paperwork and more time, better discipline and more respect, more autonomy, less testing, a more professional environment, and finally more money could have convinced them to stay more years in the profession. Recommendations for additional research on how to improve the work environment and how to better train and retrain principals are provided. |
| Keyword | teacher retirement; job satisfaction; administration |
| Geographic subject (county) | Los Angeles |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2622 |
| Rights | Hagenmayer, Giselle |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Hagenmayer-3231 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume56/etd-Hagenmayer-3231.pdf |
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| Full text | GOOD RIDDANCE! OR PLEASE STAY! WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITHOUT YOU? A STUDY OF ATTRITION AMONG VETERAN TEACHERS IN LOS ANGELES by Giselle Hagenmayer __________________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE ROSSIER SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION December 2009 Copyright 2009 Giselle Hagenmayer |
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