The Experiences Of Senior Teachers At Yekatit 12 Preparatory School Longevity Job Satisfaction Challenges And Coping Strategies

In Ethiopia, plenty of researches have been conducted on issues such as job satisfaction ofrnteachers; retention and turnover of teachers. The research employed qualitative, descriptivernphenomenological approach to examine reason senior teachers stay in the profession for thirtyrnyears and more, challenges they have faced and coping mechanisms they employed. Criterionrnbased purposive sampling method was used to select Twelve senior teachers at Yekatit 12rnPreparatory School who have been in the teaching profession for thirty and more years asrnresearch participant. Semi structured interview and focus group discussion were used to collectrndata. The study found out that for most teachers, teaching in their early year career was full ofrnhappiness and exciting; however, their current perception about implies that most participants arerndissatisfied with their career. The love for teaching profession and working with students, and forrnsome having limited access to join other professions were identified as a reason to keep teachersrnin teaching. Inadequate salary, deteriorating respect for the profession and political interferencernwere identified as the major challenges in teaching profession. Families and colleagues as arnresource used for coping with challenges while activities like reading books, spending time onrninternet and walking used to cope with challenges. Furthermore, improving financial benefit,rnrecruitment system, refraining politics from school, working on students behavior and societiesrnattitude were suggested as means of improving teachers satisfaction and minimizing challenges.rnThis research will serves as a point of reference for studies to be conducted in related areas. Inrnaddition, the study finding implies the need for policy advocacy of social workers in relation tornteachers’ quest for better salary, detrainment of politics from school and in meeting otherrnchallenges. Beyond that, it also calls for social work intervention in providing scientific means ofrncoping with the stresses and challenges inherent in the teaching profession

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