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Ithaca teachers’ union presents exit-interview data, cites pay and benefits for departures
Summary
Catherine Cernera of the Ithaca Teachers Association told the HR committee that exit interviews show most departing teachers leave for higher local pay or retirement; district HR reported a lower turnover figure and said it will reconcile numbers.
Catherine Cernera, president of the Ithaca Teachers Association, told the Ithaca City School District Human Resources Committee on Sept. 2 that exit interviews conducted this spring and summer show teacher departures are driven by pay and benefits rather than relocation. "Our teachers have returned to our classrooms with all of the same responsibilities, but with less money in their paychecks," Cernera said.
The union presented two headline findings from its interviews: only about 2% of resignations cited relocation as the reason for leaving, and 70% of recent departing teachers stayed local (40% took positions in…
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