Ulead presents reports on principal job satisfaction and certified teacher librarian practices

Megan Everett, director for ULEAD, presented a quarterly update to the meeting on two research reports: a principal job-satisfaction study based on a statewide principal survey and a study of certified teacher librarian practices in districts that require them.

The reports matter because principals’ job satisfaction affects turnover and school climate, and certified teacher librarians are tied to literacy outcomes, the presenter said. Everett described methods, main findings and outreach plans for getting the research into schools.

The principal report, produced with a researcher at Utah Valley University, began with a broadly distributed survey that yielded about a 20% response rate and roughly 180 principal respondents. Everett said the analysis used one of the widely used burnout/job-satisfaction instruments and found that, overall, “Utah principals tend to be more satisfied than not.” The report…