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Informationen zum Autor William Fibkins is an author and consultant. His focus is on education reform, teacher retraining and mentoring, intervention on behalf of at-risk students and parents, reorganizing school counseling programs, and establishing a "Circle of Wellness " in schools to address student health and wellness issues. Klappentext Veteran educators are being encouraged to take early retirement in order to create jobs for less-experienced, lower-paid novices. Consequently, there is a brain-drain of skilled workers at the national, state, and local levels. The early retirement of our most talented veteran educators is leaving our schools without the necessary leadership, hard-earned experience, proven skills, and wisdom to meet the evolving challenges our country faces. Examining the negative consequences of early retirement promotions on school culture, administrative leadership, teacher and student performance, community reaction, Stopping the Brain Drain of Skilled Veteran Teachers will not only expose some of the major drawbacks of early buyouts of veteran educators, but will also suggest creative career alternative to keep such teachers on board. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Loss of Skilled Veteran Teachers: Is It a Problem of Our Outdated Policy and Practice?Chapter 2: The Three-for-One Epidemic Is Causing the Brain Drain of Our Best Veteran TeachersChapter 3: Veteran Teachers Are Joining the Ranks of Skilled Workers Being Bought Out in Every Sector of the EconomyChapter 4: Older Workers Are Needed in the Workforce: Public Policy and Private Practice Encourages Them to RetireChapter 5: Resistance to Veteran Teachers' Choosing the "Freedom to Work" ParadigmChapter 6: Workforce Strategies Needed to Mentor Failing Novice, Mid-Career and Veteran TeachersBibliographyAbout the Author
