Can a collaborative approach to curriculum development aid teacher retention?
Written by: Kat Howard
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Kat Howard, Executive School Improvement Lead; Founding Chief Executive Officer, Litdrive, UK
Does an absence of meaningful curriculum development in schools prompt the loss of teachers?
There is a widespread and justified concern about the alarming shortage of teachers currently teaching in the UK and how this fails to match the staffing required in schools. The data available enables us to make some inferences regarding the tools available to attract individuals to teach and, equally importantly, for the profession to retain teachers over time.
If we consider the reasons that teachers and leaders provide for thinking of leaving their roles, four key factors emerge (Education Support, 2022):
volume of workload
not feeling valued
seeking a better work–life balance
unnecessary paperwork or data-gathering.
These indicators of risk to retention might be difficult for school leaders to measure, quantify as key risks
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