Trends in Principal Job Satisfaction

Key Findings

  1. Overall, principals in Tennessee are satisfied in their current job.
  2. More experienced principals have higher average levels of job satisfaction.
  3. Principals in high-poverty schools tend to be less satisfied than principals in schools with lower levels of student poverty.
  4. Principals in lower-achieving schools are less likely to express feelings of satisfaction than principals in higher-achieving schools.

Suggested Citation

Chung, Y. (2019). Trends in principal job satisfaction: A Tennessee Educator Survey snapshot. Tennessee Education Research Alliance.

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