Participants identified staff turnover as a critical factor threatening sustainability of pilot solutions¶

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q2 i? In the post-COVID period, teacher and administrator turnover was identified by participants as a critical factor in sustainability, including loss of championing capacities and mindsets. → Viki M. Young 2024

Evidence¶

Viki M. Young 2024¶

Viki M. Young, Ph.D. and Alexandra Merritt Johnson, Ph.D. (2024). Sustainability in Inclusive Innovation: District-Community Solutions, Mindsets, and Practices. Digital Promise, Center for Inclusive Innovation. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/94695da1-ad96-49e5-b461-b759d617ae25 doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/213

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Interview study of district-community team members reflecting on the semester after pilots ended. Participants "identified turnover as a critical factor in sustainability", noting a successor may lack the champion's vision, as one principal described about an unknown incoming school leader.

"In the post-COVID pandemic period, when the Inclusive Innovation pilots occurred, teacher and administrator turnover has been particularly worrying and participants identified turnover as a critical factor in sustainability"

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