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- Title
Retention and job satisfaction of school psychologists.
- Authors
Young, Ellie L.; Moulton, Sara E.; Julian, Alexander; Smith, Alivia; Butler, Rachel
- Abstract
Retention of current school psychologists is a vital strategy for addressing shortages in the field. Understanding what contributes to why school psychologists stay in the field has the potential to influence leaders and administrators to ensure that they are targeting what matters most to school psychologists. Survey results from 134 school psychologists indicated that they stay in the field because they enjoy working with children and believe their work makes a difference. These generally satisfied school psychologists also shared that they work with teams that facilitate effective and creative problem solving and were acknowledged for their contributions. For the few school psychologists who expressed dissatisfaction, their responses communicated a lack of professional self‐efficacy: their opinions were not valued, they did not believe they were effective in their roles, administrators did not value their contributions, and they did not believe they could make a difference for students. Implications for practice highlight the need for district and building administrators to ensure that school psychologists have manageable caseloads that allow them to work directly with children and to be a part of teams that solve problems.
- Subjects
SCHOOL psychologists; JOB satisfaction; SCHOOL administrators; TEAMS in the workplace; PROBLEM solving
- Publication
Psychology in the Schools, 2021, Vol 58, Issue 3, p585
- ISSN
0033-3085
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/pits.22465