Affects of Administrators with

High Mobility Rates and/or

Limited Experience
By: Jasey Klein

Data Collecting Process

Interviewed Human Resource Director of Grand

Island Public Schools

Surveyed teachers that have been employed at

Knickrehm longer than one year.

Surveyed parents that have more than one child

that either previously attended for several years

or is currently attending Knickrehm.

Teacher Survey

Teacher Survey

Teacher Survey Findings

Teacher Survey Findings

Teacher Survey Findings

Teacher Survey Findings: High

Principal Turnover Effects
One effect of high principal turnover is

weakened relationships among teachers,

students, parents, and administrators.
A second effect of high principal turnover is a

lack of consistency for students and teachers.

A third effect of high principal turnover is a

lack in leadership abilities displayed by the

administrator.
(Guiding Questions # 1 and 2)

Findings: High Teacher

Turnover Effects
One effect of high teacher turnover is

weakened relationships among

teachers and a decrease in team unity.
Teacher morale has decreased.
There has been an increase of

inexperienced teachers employed at

Knickrehm.
(Guiding Question # 1) In 2011, Beteille, Kalogrides, and Loeb
discovered that teacher turnover increased every time there was a new

Findings: Effects of a
New Administrator
Lack of support for teachers
Decrease in school climate and culture
Weakened relationships between

administrator and teacher

Increase in inconsistencies
(Guiding Questions # 3-6)

Parent Survey Results

Parent Survey Results

Parent Survey Results

Parent Survey Results

Findings: High Principal

Turnover
The majority of families feel the high

principal turnover does not effect their

children.
If children were affected, the relationship
between the administrator and the
student or family had been altered.
Inconsistencies (behavior, rules)
(Guiding Questions # 1, 7, and 8)

Parent Survey Findings: High

Teacher Turnover Effects
The majority of families feel the

teacher turnover rate is comparable to

other schools in the Grand Island
School District.
The majority of families feel their

children have not been affected by the

hiring of new teachers.
The majority of families feel connected

to Knickrehm Elementary School.

Interview of Human
Resource Director Data
On Average, about 70 new teachers and 1-3 principals

are hired each year. This is considered normal for a

district of Grand Islands size.
Grand Island tends to have a higher turnover rate of

teachers that are young and single because they do

not have as many ties to the Grand Island community.
Grand Island feels their principals are more successful

when they are grown within the district. Although they

dont have immediate principal experience, they tend
to handle Grand Island cliental better.
Experienced principals dont typically apply for small

school positions. (Under 300 students)

Interview of Human
Resource Director Data
The district expectation is to unify and pull

together as a team to make everyone successful

when principal or teacher turnover is occurring.
Learning facilitators should be used to help keep

consistent instruction and support for teachers.

(Not a turnover position)
No administrator or teacher is perfect. The

attitudes of individuals and how they respond to

lifes situations is the responsibility of each party.
Hire the best person at the time for the job.

Professional Research
Findings that Coincide
with Collected Data
Teacher turnover increased when principal

turnover was present.

(Teacher Survey)

Decrease in relationships among

administrators, teachers, students, and

families. (Teacher Survey)
Inexperienced and ineffective

administrators do not provide the proper

amount of support for teachers. (Teacher
Survey)

Parent & Teacher Survey

Correlation
There is no direct correlation found between

the parent survey and teacher survey

confirming or denying high principal turnover
as an issue along with its affects .
Teachers 89%
Parents 61% Parents 89%
Yes, its an issue No, Not an issue Not Affected

Future Consideration of
Research
Track student academic performances on state

tests (English language acquisition and math).

Track the difference in effect size present

between a poverty school and nonpoverty school

that witness high principal and teacher turnover.
Student academic performance
Teacher turnover
Relationships among administrators, teachers,
students, and families
Lack of support for teachers

Future Consideration of
Research
Research the effects that result from a

novice principal vs. a seasoned

principal. (cliental, both new
administrators to a school, same
economic status)
There are simply too many factors to

discover a direct correlation between

high principal turnover and/or
inexperienced principals and the
possible effects that result.