doubledog said:
An administrator for BISD told me that about 40% of teachers quit before their contract is finished.
No, I think you misheard. Annual attrition rates overall hover above 10%. He or she was probably referring to first year teacher retention rates, which is tracked by the state according to district size. Here is the most recent report:
Teacher Attrition by District Size 2014-2017 (PDF)
https://tea.texas.gov/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=51539622924Quote:
- Attrition of all teachers and especially beginning teachers was markedly higher for the smallest districts than for the largest.
- In the academic years shown, attrition of beginning teachers was about twice as high for districts with fewer than 500 students as for districts with 50,000 or more students.
- For smaller districts, attrition was markedly higher among beginning teachers than among all teachers.
- Attrition of beginning teachers and all teachers declined slightly for most size categories in academic year 2016-17. The remaining results were mixed or less pronounced.
Bryan & CS fall somewhere in the middle of the pack. The worst last year were the smallest districts where new teachers left after 1 year at an overall rate in the state by about 37%. It was much lower for larger districts, about half that.
Some people find out teaching is not for them, but most who plan to quit will stick it out for the school year before leaving.
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