How Principal Leadership Seems to Affect Early Career Teacher Turnover

Early Career Teacher (ECT) turnover is a critical issue; the teacher turnover rate is significantly higher among ECTs as compared with experienced teachers, and they are more likely to fill vacancies in hard-to-staff schools. This study examines how principal leadership might affect ECT turnover by using a large-scale, nationally representative data set, the Beginning Teacher Longitudinal Survey (BTLS). Using a discrete survival analysis, the...