WORK FEATURE VALUES OF TODAYS AND TOMORROWS TEACHERS - WORK REDESIGN AS AN INCENTIVE AND SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT POLICY

Although school reform policies often aim to recruit and retain talent ed and high-achieving teachers, little systematic investigation of the impacts of work redesign on teachers' turnover decisions exists. The impacts of varied teacher work and career redesign incentives, therefo re, remain uncertain, particularly as they affect the best teachers. T his article presents the policy implications of studies of teachers' r esponses to features of work redesign as they relate to future career choice decisions, teacher labor market, and teacher supply in specific target areas.