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I believe average teacher turnover is < 5 years, which would mean that the field is not dominated by old timers.
by gnicholas 2y ago
I believe average teacher turnover is < 5 years, which would mean that the field is not dominated by old timers.
- jayd16 2y agoLets say we look at two class rooms. One turns over every year and one has a ~40 year veteran. The average salary at any given year is half new and half veteran. If we look at turnover over 10 years, the average is less than 5, no?
- gnicholas 2y agoWhy would we look at it over 10 years, instead of asking how long the teachers were teaching for? That artificially misrepresents the 40 year tenure as 10.
- jayd16 2y agoIf you only look at a single year, then it paints the picture that half of teachers quit after a year but in this scenario 10/11 do. My point is that different studies can have different methodologies, still be valid, and without digging deeper can be misleading. You'll need more than "I believe the average is" to really know what's going on.