Each year teacher turnover presents instructional, organizational, and financial burdens that impact
students, teachers, schools, and communities. High levels of teacher turnover drain valuable resources
and make it difficult to build a high performing, stable teaching faculty. This is particularly true in high
need schools where teacher attrition levels are higher than average. Efforts to understand why teachers
leave and the associated impacts with such turnover are important and ongoing. This paper examines
the impact of one model affecting hundreds of schools nationwide and the associated impacts on
retention.
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