Hire and Hope: An exploration of principal turnover

<p>This study is designed to investigate the possible relationships between principal turnover within K-12 public schools in the State of Texas, and demographic characteristics of school location, principal’s ethnicity, principal’s gender, and principal’s level of post-secondary degree. Data for participating schools was gathered from state-reported educator information specifically for the 2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021, 2021/2022, 2022/2023, and 2023/2024 school years. The longitudinal study reviewed K-12 non-charter public schools in Education Service Center (ESC) 11, which encompasses all public schools in the Fort Worth metroplex of North Texas, allowing this study to analyze a robust and inclusive dataset. The Chi-Square Test of Independence was used to analyze ESC 11 principal data to assess for possible relationships between principal turnover and the demographic variables of school location, principal’s ethnicity, principal’s gender, and principal’s level of post-secondary degree. The result of this study highlights demographic patterns associated with principal turnover, allowing insight to successfully recruit for the principalship, as well as how to provide support and ultimately retain principals. The findings will be beneficial to principals, school districts, and the human resources departments that serve them.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Secondary Education and Educational Leadership

Year dc:date.available

2025

Author dc:creator

• True, Jessica D

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Barbara Qualls
• Dr. Richard Skuza
• Dr. Susan Reily

• Principal turnover
• principal recruitment
• principal retention
• voluntary turnover
• educational leadership
• K-12 public education
• Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration
• Other Educational Administration and Supervision

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/618

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1708