ECE 660
Action Research Area of Focus
ECE 660—Action Research and Inquiry in Education
Context
My current professional role is as an assistant director at the preschool academy that I
have been working at for two years now. Prior to the assistant director role, many positions have
been held at this center, from a floater, co-lead, lead teacher, and assistant director. The primary
job duties entail assisting the director, observing teachers and their curriculum, answering phone
calls, assisting teachers when needed, running various checks for licensing and company
policies, filing paperwork, health checks, and anything else the center needs to have done.
Primarily, I am an activist for children, families, and teachers. Now that I am on the other side of
this field, I have noticed that despite excellent management, there are moments in the year where
turnover is high and more and more teachers are leaving this field that they love so dearly.
Purpose and Educational Significance
This study intends to address the reasons why teachers are leaving this field. With the
sporadic flow of teachers coming and going, it is challenging for children to maintain a routine
and consistency. Simultaneously, this study will have various variables because each teacher's
demographics will cause a different result. So, the end goal is to find ways to retain teachers in
the current place of work. In turn, the revealed results should hold benefits to each center that is
struggling to retain its teachers. One thing that this study will take into account is that if the
current pandemic is a contributor?
The children's education, development, and lives are being affected by the teachers
coming and going. They build a bond with a teacher, and after something happens, the teacher
