Table 5 Specific mentions of leadership in open-ended questions asked of former teachers (n = 47)
From: Social capital: a vital ingredient for retaining foreign language teachers
What are the reasons for your departure from the field? | What would have ensured your continuation in the field? |
|---|---|
*Fed up with lack of support from Principal/admin | *More administration support |
*Discouraged by administration actions to sideline language study | *Greater support from admin |
*Lack of support by superiors | *A school principal and staff who valued LOTE just a tiny bit |
*Principal had worst people management skills known to man or woman | *A supportive administration that could have helped me through the stress |
*Principal and admin which classified all LOTE [Languages Other Than English] teachers as a waste of space | *Kill the headmaster |
*60 staff left my school in 2.5Â years, thanks for [sic] the headmaster. I was one of the 60. | *Support from [governing body] |
* [governing body] lack of support | *Emphasis given further up the chain [to foreign language] |
*No interest or demand from admin/principal or head office | *More understanding and supportive principals |