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Our Mission: Mecklenburg Citizens for Public Education is an independent, community supported organization that mobilizes ideas, leadership, broad-based support and resources to bring about significant, measurable improvements in areas of policy, instruction, and management in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. Mecklenburg
Citizens for Public Education
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of Principal Leadership in Increasing Last year approximately 1,230 teachers (16.7% of the teaching force) left Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS). Each time a teacher leaves the system, the cost is approximately $11,500 for recruiting, hiring, and providing orientation and professional development for the replacement. Thus in economic terms alone, these 1,230 teachers who left last year equate to $14.2 million. The cost to students is even higher with the lack of stability and the loss of teaching expertise. National and local research indicates a teacher's decision to stay at a school largely depends upon the principal and his or her leadership in the school. Believing principal leadership may be the key to increasing teacher retention, our organization, a local independent non-profit organization, has just released findings from its study, Role of Principal Leadership in Increasing Teacher Retention: Creating a Supportive Environment. The organization sought to understand this relationship between principals and teacher retention by studying CMS principals, particularly those in high needs schools, who have been more successful in retaining teachers while increasing student achievement.
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