Why Special Educators Leave and How Leaders Can Keep Them: A Guide for Principals and System Leaders. New Jersey Charter Schools
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| Title: | Why Special Educators Leave and How Leaders Can Keep Them: A Guide for Principals and System Leaders. New Jersey Charter Schools |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | The Center for Learner Equity (CLE) |
| Source: | Center for Learner Equity. 2025. |
| Availability: | Center for Learner Equity. 420 Lexington Avenue Suite 300, New York, NY 10170. e-mail: info@centerforlearnerequity.org; Web site: https://www.centerforlearnerequity.org/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 30 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Intended Audience: | Administrators |
| Document Type: | Guides - Non-Classroom Tests/Questionnaires |
| Descriptors: | Special Education Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Teacher Role, Teacher Burnout, Charter Schools, Principals, Administrator Role, Faculty Workload, Collegiality, Professional Isolation, Leadership Responsibility, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Safety, Student Behavior |
| Geographic Terms: | New Jersey |
| Abstract: | Teacher retention is a bigger challenge in special education than in other teaching roles. Special education has long faced severe and chronic staffing shortages. Special education teachers are not leaving the teaching profession. Rather, credentialed special educators are teaching in non-special education roles. The burnout crisis in special education is not random. Research reveals the real culprits. The role of the special educator is distinct from other teaching roles. Special education teachers face unique challenges, and they burn out for different reasons than other teachers. If school leaders can better understand the root causes of why special educators leave their jobs, then they can take action now to help these teachers stay. This toolkit provides New Jersey charter school leaders with strategies to use right now to retain special educators. This guide is not about creating a talent pipeline or addressing shortages. Rather, it focuses on retaining current special education teachers so that there is no need to hire more people. [This resource was created with the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association.] |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED679448 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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