On the frontline of CCSS implementation: A national study of factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of teaching conditions and job satisfaction

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represent an unprecedented change in American education. As an increasingly integral part of the school accountability movement under No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, responsibility for implementing CCSS rests largely with school leadership. One import...

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Main Authors: Jason L. Endacott, Vicki Collet, Christian Z. Goering, Ronna Turner, George S. Denny, Ginney Wright, Jennifer Jennings-Davis
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Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016-12-01
Series:Cogent Education
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1162997
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spelling doaj-c194cc301a8d483e8d0b37ade447d13d2021-02-18T10:11:02ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Education2331-186X2016-12-013110.1080/2331186X.2016.11629971162997On the frontline of CCSS implementation: A national study of factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of teaching conditions and job satisfactionJason L. Endacott0Vicki Collet1Christian Z. Goering2Ronna Turner3George S. Denny4Ginney Wright5Jennifer Jennings-Davis6University of ArkansasUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of Arkansas - Fort SmithThe Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represent an unprecedented change in American education. As an increasingly integral part of the school accountability movement under No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, responsibility for implementing CCSS rests largely with school leadership. One important factor in the success or failure of these efforts is the perceptions and experiences of the teachers who will ultimately employ CCSS in the classroom. This survey study examined teachers’ views of CCSS implementation, teaching conditions, collaboration, and job satisfaction. Factor analysis revealed that the openness and activeness of school leadership had a significant effect on teachers’ perceptions of implementation, suggesting that attention to these aspects of leadership is an important consideration during transition to CCSS.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1162997common core state standardseducational leadershipeducation reformeducational change
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Jennifer Jennings-Davis
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On the frontline of CCSS implementation: A national study of factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of teaching conditions and job satisfaction
Cogent Education
common core state standards
educational leadership
education reform
educational change
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Vicki Collet
Christian Z. Goering
Ronna Turner
George S. Denny
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Jennifer Jennings-Davis
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title On the frontline of CCSS implementation: A national study of factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of teaching conditions and job satisfaction
title_short On the frontline of CCSS implementation: A national study of factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of teaching conditions and job satisfaction
title_full On the frontline of CCSS implementation: A national study of factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of teaching conditions and job satisfaction
title_fullStr On the frontline of CCSS implementation: A national study of factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of teaching conditions and job satisfaction
title_full_unstemmed On the frontline of CCSS implementation: A national study of factors influencing teachers’ perceptions of teaching conditions and job satisfaction
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publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Cogent Education
issn 2331-186X
publishDate 2016-12-01
description The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) represent an unprecedented change in American education. As an increasingly integral part of the school accountability movement under No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top, responsibility for implementing CCSS rests largely with school leadership. One important factor in the success or failure of these efforts is the perceptions and experiences of the teachers who will ultimately employ CCSS in the classroom. This survey study examined teachers’ views of CCSS implementation, teaching conditions, collaboration, and job satisfaction. Factor analysis revealed that the openness and activeness of school leadership had a significant effect on teachers’ perceptions of implementation, suggesting that attention to these aspects of leadership is an important consideration during transition to CCSS.
topic common core state standards
educational leadership
education reform
educational change
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2331186X.2016.1162997
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