There are several ways to achieve a teaching certification, some ways take several years (traditional certification) and some take a few weeks (alternative certification). There are many opinions about which is the best way to be certified as a teacher, I believe there is no “better way”. But, what is the relationship between teaching programs and increased teacher turnover rates? First, what is traditional certification? A traditional teaching program is normally a four-year college program, in these four years a student will participate in field experience, observations and student teaching. The student will take many education courses and also general education courses. This way of certification gives students a great amount of experience
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The turnover rate continues to increase with each year of experience a teacher has. For example, after the first year of a teacher’s career, fourteen percent leave the teaching field. This number increases every year, by the fifth year of a teacher’s career forty-six percent leave the teaching field (Cox, 2015). This shows almost half of teachers hired leave within the first five years of their career. According to an article on the Washington Post, twenty-one percent of traditionally certified teachers and sixteen percent of alternatively certified teachers leave the career within the first five years (Cox, 2015). This means eighty-four percent of traditional teachers and seventy-nine percent of alternative teachers stay in the teaching field longer than five years. According to this data, alternative certification teachers have a higher turnover rate, but there is only a five percent difference. Is this enough of a difference to make a strong conclusion? According to Kamenetz (2014), “On the other hand, teachers certified through nontraditional means have higher turnover, which is too bad because teachers tend to get better over time.” Personally, I do not believe there is a strong enough correlation between certification types and an increased teacher turnover rate. Although some teachers may be leaving sooner than others, there is still not a large enough gap to make a definite …show more content…
I do not believe there is a strong enough correlation to accurately prove this statement. Although teahers are leaving, all teachers leave for different reasons and at different times in their career. This can be due to low pay and a great deal of stress and some teachers coming from both certification types leave in their first five years or when they are ready to
The turnover rate continues to increase with each year of experience a teacher has. For example, after the first year of a teacher’s career, fourteen percent leave the teaching field. This number increases every year, by the fifth year of a teacher’s career forty-six percent leave the teaching field (Cox, 2015). This shows almost half of teachers hired leave within the first five years of their career. According to an article on the Washington Post, twenty-one percent of traditionally certified teachers and sixteen percent of alternatively certified teachers leave the career within the first five years (Cox, 2015). This means eighty-four percent of traditional teachers and seventy-nine percent of alternative teachers stay in the teaching field longer than five years. According to this data, alternative certification teachers have a higher turnover rate, but there is only a five percent difference. Is this enough of a difference to make a strong conclusion? According to Kamenetz (2014), “On the other hand, teachers certified through nontraditional means have higher turnover, which is too bad because teachers tend to get better over time.” Personally, I do not believe there is a strong enough correlation between certification types and an increased teacher turnover rate. Although some teachers may be leaving sooner than others, there is still not a large enough gap to make a definite …show more content…
I do not believe there is a strong enough correlation to accurately prove this statement. Although teahers are leaving, all teachers leave for different reasons and at different times in their career. This can be due to low pay and a great deal of stress and some teachers coming from both certification types leave in their first five years or when they are ready to