International Journal of Servant-Leadership
Abstract
Nearly half of new teachers leave the profession within their first five years including almost ten percent who leave after their first year, according to the 2014 Consortium for Police Research in Education report Seven Trends: The Transformation of the Teaching Force. Among the factors that push people who were, at one point, committed enough to education to earn a degree in it to change their career goals, change fatigue is high on the list. Constant criticism, pressure to turn around schools labeled as failing, and the perpetual implementation of new programs with new roles for teachers, new demands on their time, new methods for data collection and analysis to determine if those activities are working, all of which could be abandoned with the appointment of a new administrator these all overwhelm teachers and contribute to feelings of hopeless. Such activitydriven approaches ultimately fail because they ask teachers to do more without putting teachers priorities and needs first.
Recommended Citation
Barrett-Fox, Rebecca
(2017)
"Powerless to Powerful: Leadership for School Change, A Book Review,"
International Journal of Servant-Leadership: Vol. 11, Article 14.
DOI: 10.33972/ijsl.103
Available at:
https://repository.gonzaga.edu/ijsl/vol11/iss1/14
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