Teacher Retention
Background
District Dashboard Metrics
Identifying and training effective teachers can be a very expensive and time consuming process. It is therefore advantageous for campuses and districts to retain effective teachers. Moreover, in focus groups with over 2,600 Texas educators, the Teacher Retention metric was seen as useful by 89% of educators.
Primary Metric
- Teacher Retention: percentage from teachers returning from the previous year.
User Interface
Dashboard Example
Figure 1 shows the Teacher Retention Rate metric as seen on the staff dashboard.
Figure 1 TSDS Teacher Retention Rate
Status Definition
The status indicator is determined by campus specific goals which are set at the district level. The TSDS default goal = 80%
Table 2 shows the status indicators for the teacher retention metric.
Metric Indicator | Comparisons | ||
Metric Name | Metric Indicator | Trend | Campus Attainment |
Teacher Retention | Red (Percentage) = fewer teachers returning from prior year than district goal Green (Percentage) = percentage of teachers returning from the previous year is equal to or greater than district goal | Current and prior year | The number of campuses meeting their campus goal over the number of campuses with data for the metric |
Trends
The dashboards currently do not support trends for this metric. The UI supports the trend, but the ETL package has not been developed.
Trend Definition.
Table 3 lists the trend indicators for the Teacher Retention metric. .
Trend Indicators for Teacher Retention | |||
Up green | Percentage is higher compared to previous time frame; upward trend is favorable | ||
Unchanged | + 5 percentage points | ||
Down red | Percentage is lower compared to previous time frame; flag indicates unfavorable trend |
Delta Definition
The Delta column appears only in the campus list and is the absolute value of the difference between the campus retention percentage and the campus goal. If the retention percentage is below the campus goal, the delta percentage is displayed in red. If the attendance percentage is equal to or above the campus goal, the delta percentage is displayed in black.
Periodicity
Best practice is to load the data for this metric each semester.
Recommended Load Characteristics | |
Calendar | Throughout the school year |
Frequency of data load | Yearly |
Latency | Year |
Interchange schema | Interchange-StaffAssociation.xsd |
Tooltips
The standard tool tips for the metric definition, column headers, and help functions display for this metric.
The following are tooltips specific to the Teacher Education metric:
- Green metric status: OK
- Red metric status: LOW
- 'More' indicates drill down views for this metric
- is ‘No change from the prior period'
- is ‘Getting worse from the prior period’
- is 'Getting better from the prior period'
Business Rules
The Teacher Retention metric displays the percentage of teachers returning from the previous year.
Data Assumptions
- Data is available in district source systems.
- Historical Dashboard data is available for this district.
Computed Values
Table 5 defines how values are calculated for the metric. The result of the calculation displays in the Status column on the staff dashboard.
Metric Values | |
Teacher Retention | Total number of teachers on a campus currently who were on the same campus in the prior year/the total number of teachers in the district the prior year |
Data Anomalies
Footnotes
No footnotes are need for this metric.
Date of Refresh
No date of refresh is needed for this metric.
Active Campuses
This metric should not include teachers from campuses that have been closed or are no longer active.
Drill Downs
Drill Down Views
The dashboards include the option to drill down and see more detail that is associated with a metric. Table 6 lists the drill down views that are defined for this metric.
Campus List | List of campuses and whether or not they are meeting their goal for this metric for the specified period. |
User Interface
Figure 2 shows the LEA Teacher Retention Teacher List.
Figure 2 TSDS LEA Teacher Retention Teacher List