Education:10 New Steps to Teachers Retention ; number 5 would amuse you
10 New Steps to Teachers Retention; number 5 would amuse you.
Teachers Retention is one of the fundamental skills every School owner and managers should possess especially in a changing world. The basic value of any school begin with the leader and then the teachers.
One of the shocking things to me in my personal observation as I work round the country especially Nigeria in regard to teachers leaving private schools is to discover that even in the community or city where competition is so high, I have seen teachers left the highest paying schools to a lower one in the same community which means money or high paying salary do not keep teachers 100%.
But, no matter the activities that goes on in any school be it extra curricular activities or leaning , the basic output to be watched out for includes quality Teaching and Learning and no other persons would provide that than the teachers and classroom instructors. Their states would determine the state of the school.
In this time where the present generations are in search for greener pasture and the state of global economic and couple with the advance stage of technology, it is a must to develop the skill for teachers Retention and as fast as possible.
If we can take a second look at educational community, we should be able to decipher that teaching job is dwindling daily and urgent action to rescue the situation must be taken. Our study at HEI Nigeria shows that many folks are loosing interest in teaching , even those that graduated from teachers college and similar institutions are shying away from the teaching carrier. This is dangerous to the academic world and future generations.
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Some people would prefer any job that can help them earn more and work less than pick up a teaching job and those in the teaching circle are managing to hang around within a situation they allegedly described unfriendly as they are not respected or valued as it should. This is a discussion for another day if you would pardon me.
There are skills to possess that would make you posses your teachers for longer time . Losing teachers can be detrimental or even fatal to destiny . We must therefore learn all to be learnt in other to retain our learners at this tempting and tight situation in our world today.
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Improving skill for Teachers Retention.
1.Be ready for learning. We must be ready to learn, unlearn and relearn to enable us perform uptimamly and in the effort to keep our teachers.
2.Find out the trend in your community. Relate with other colleagues in your sector and environment to ascertain possible reason teachers leave their employees.
3.Recruit Rightly. If you hire teachers cheaply, your school would be treated cheaply. People value what cost them something and not what cost them nothing.
4.Let structure run your school. Separate yourself and feelings from teachers condition of Service, school rules , bylaws that addresses productivity, welfare and discipline. People don’t leave places but persons.
5.Become your teachers. Be empathetic. Put yourself in their shoes. Relate, show cares and just become one family. People don’t easily leave people they feel they have become one family but sometimes , they do and when they do, ignore at that time .
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6.Respect them. Constantly carry your teachers like egg but balance it. Don’t treat them like nobody. Your teachers are your value.
7.Pay well and timely. Let your salary reflect how much you value them. Pay above minimum wage and other incentives.
8.Give them a glimpse of their future with you. Arrange a working system that can help them such as Pension scheme, Health Scheme, Contributory scheme, Gratuity etc.
9.Constant Seminar. Teach them on values, character, professionalism, ethics, life etc.
10.Always avoid been desperate and caught unaware. If you can always pool staff, you won’t be treated despirate in whatever good you do to your teachers but it would be seen as genuine . When teachers knew your struggle and lack of teachers, they keep misbehaving such as you might not be able to control later and your good gesture or overlooking of error would be taken for fear or despiration to keep them.
11.Make working or teaching in your school …..?
Let’s stop here for now but using these points just to address the matter in a little way. If you are interested, details are available if you can privately reach me on 08037850024. It is your duty to do everything humanly possible to keep your valuable teachers.
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