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[quote=Anonymous]I've been at the same school for 15 years (hey, it's super convenient to my house), and this happens.  A lot of times it goes with new leadership, but it's not always a sign of something bad.  Many people stay in places and think about moving schools, grades, specialties, whatever, but stay because they know the culture of the school and it's comfortable (and they like it).  When a principal moves on, that's an opportunity for others to move on as well, if they've been thinking about it.  I wanted to switch from being a classroom teacher to a reading specialist.  I thought about leaving when we got a new AP, but then a RS position opened up in our school, and I didn't have to.  But if had moved, it wasn't a commentary on school leadership.

Of course, there are times when a new principal rolls in and that person is difficult to work with, you will see turnover at the end of the year.  But you may also see that turnover if the principal is good and trying to start initiatives that staff don't want to bother with.  We got a new principal after I had been at my school for about 5-6 years.  The former principal was really lax about things like time sheets and leave slips.  Teachers could skip out after dismissal for doctor appointments without taking leave.  This way before telework days, but he never made people come in on professional days if they didn't need to.  But he had built a relationship of trust with staff, and very few people took advantage.  He moved up, and a new principal came in, who required staff to follow the rules.  A lot of staff felt that was intrusive, because they were so used to the old way.  So they left at the end of the new guy's first year.  Does that mean that the new guy was inept?

I guess my point is that yes, an exodus could mean there's something wrong.  But it could mean several others things as well, and there's no real way to know without interviewing staff, and who has that kind of time?  [/quote]

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