Affiliation:
1. Mercer University, USA
Abstract
COVID-19 presented many challenges for school principals in the United States and around the world. Chief among these concerns was teacher turnover. An extensive review of literature, author research, and the author's experience as a school building and district leader was aggregated to report on themes related to fostering a strong P-12 public school climate, aimed at retaining teachers for the benefit of student growth and academic achievement. This information is organized within the Myers four-stage crisis management framework of normal operations, emergency response, interim processing, and restoration in order to explore opportunities for school principals to support teachers before, during, and after a crisis such as COVID-19.
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