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Name: Can Small Class Sizes Help Retain Teachers to the Profession?
ID: m17181
Language: English (en)
Summary: School districts across the nation annually experience frequent teacher turnover and loss of teachers to the profession. The primary cause contributing to this condition is low teacher job satisfaction. This study examined the relationship between small class size in early elementary grades and teacher job satisfaction in a single school district using 20 elementary schools involving 135 teachers. Results of the study indicated that higher levels of teacher satisfaction were associated with fewer children assigned to a class. Specifically, statistically significant correlations were found for the relationship between small class sizes and the use of enriched activities in the classroom, ability to reconfigure classrooms for learning, and increased ability to respond to student needs, all factors enhanced through smaller class sizes and related to teacher job satisfaction.
Keywords: NCPEA, small class size, teacher turnover
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 2.0)
Authors: William Price (wprice@emich.edu), Ernest Terry, Jr. (eterry@comcast.net)
Copyright Holders: William Price (wprice@emich.edu), Ernest Terry, Jr. (eterry@comcast.net)
Maintainers: William Price (wprice@emich.edu), National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (tcreigh@vt.edu), Ernest Terry, Jr. (eterry@comcast.net)
Version: 1.2 (history)
Created: Jun 23, 2008 7:23 pm GMT-5
Revised: Jul 29, 2008 9:28 am GMT-5

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Version: 1.2 Jul 29, 2008 9:28 am GMT-5 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
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Version: 1.1 Jul 1, 2008 12:35 pm GMT-5 by National Council of Professors of Educational Administration
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