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CONCERN SIX: Do Working Conditions Undermine Teacher Performance?
New teachers are divided on which has more of an effect on student achievement — teacher quality or other factors such as parental involvement and socioeconomic circumstances. Large numbers even doubt whether a team of exceptionally talented teachers can turn around a school that is struggling. They want to work in schools with involved parents, well-behaved students, smaller classes and supportive administrators, and most would even pass up significantly higher salaries in favor of working conditions that offer these. New teachers in public schools are less likely than teachers in private schools to feel appreciated and more likely to say their jobs are frustrating.
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