[CALIBK12] TEACHERS LIKE THEIR JOBS

[RichardGuy at aol.com]

TEACHERS TELL RESEARCHERS THEY LIKE THEIR JOBS
     Ninety-three percent of teachers reported satisfaction with their jobs 
10 years after entering the field, according to a new survey that also found 
attrition rates for teachers were actually lower than for other professionals. 
     The report, released by the National Center for Education Statistics, 
surveyed 9,000 graduates who received their bachelor's degrees in various 
disciplines in the 1992-93 school year. Nearly 20 percent of those graduates entered 
the teaching profession. 
     The findings from the survey debunk several long-held views on teacher 
pay, turnover, and job satisfaction. For instance, it found that only 18 
percent of those who entered teaching changed occupations within four years of 
getting a degree. 
     Given that other professions experienced attrition rates between 17 
percent and 75 percent during that period, the number of career-switchers from 
teaching was on the low end of the scale, according to the data. 
     More than half those who became teachers were still teaching 10 years 
later, reports Vaishali Honawar in Education Week. Teacher advocates and unions 
have long claimed that turnover among new teachers ranges from 30 percent to 
50 percent within the first five years. 
     The survey also stands on their head some commonly held beliefs about 
teacher salaries. Teachers' unions have often cited low pay as a major reason 
for teacher dissatisfaction. But only 13 percent of those who left teaching by 
2003 gave it as the reason for leaving. Forty-eight percent of those who 
remained in the profession said they were satisfied with their salaries.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/08/01/45nces_web.h26.html

Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
Huntington Beach, CA
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