Retention Is the Result: Why Teachers Leave and How to Create Schools Where They Want to Stay - Paperback

by Daniel Bauer (Author)

From the founder of BETTER LEADERS BETTER SCHOOLS and host of the #1 downloaded school leadership podcast in the world with nearly 2 million IAB-certified downloads.

Every principal knows the gut-punch. A great teacher sits down across from you in spring and says, "I'm done."

The revolving door of staff retention is a real problem. Teachers are leaving the profession burned out, overwhelmed, unsupported, and underpaid, and most schools answer by recruiting harder instead of fixing the reasons people walk out the door. So the revolving door keeps spinning.

RETENTION IS THE RESULT is a practical playbook for school leaders who are done with teacher turnover and ready to build a school where teachers actually want to stay.

Inside, school leaders will learn how to:

• Attract top talent with a remarkable school vision and a hiring scorecard that screens for "humble, hungry, and smart" educators, building a teacher pipeline so you're never desperate in August.
• Rethink the interview with blind screening, group interviews, and self-assessments that surface the right hire before gut instinct can fool you.
• Onboard new teachers with a playbook that trades sink-or-swim for set-up-to-succeed.
• Invest in growth through mentoring built on the ABCs of Powerful Professional Development(R) - Authenticity, Belonging, and Challenge.
• Build a culture of truth and love where teachers know they belong and know their work matters. This is the real antidote to teacher burnout, low morale, and the school-culture problems that quietly push good people out.

DANIEL BAUER has spent 20+ years in K-12 leadership and coached thousands of principals through the Ruckus Maker Mastermind and his podcast. He's the best-selling author who wrote Mastermind, Build Leadership Momentum, and Calm in the Chaos. He wrote this book because he watched too many good leaders lose great teachers for reasons that were completely within their control.

You've heard it said that people don't leave bad schools, they leave bad principals. You can learn to be a legendary leader and create a campus experience worth showing up for.

When you get this work right, RETENTION IS THE RESULT.