Where Do New Teachers Want to Teach? Exploring Preferences Using Application Data

• In Event: 34.052 - Teacher Mobility and Retention

Abstract

We use a comprehensive database of teacher application data from Wisconsin to examine the job preferences of teachers with no experience. We examine both whether these preferences vary by teacher education credentials and over their time on the labor market and if credentials and job search behaviors predict success. Overall, we find that teachers apply to job openings in districts with low percentages of students eligible for free/reduced price lunch and students who are Limited English Proficient and low percentages of minority students.

Authors

• Courtney Preston, Florida State University

• Peter Trabert Goff, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Maida A. Finch, Salisbury University