Laura K Neal

Job Satisfaction In Substitute Teachers Laura K Neal

The quantitative research methodology used in this doctoral dissertation identified the contributing factors in defining intrinsic and extrinsic factors that influence job satisfaction of substitute teachers in Richland School District Two in Columbia, South Carolina. The study analyzed variables that influence the job satisfaction of Richland School District Two substitute teachers and the intrinsic and extrinsic motivators that influence substitute teacher job satisfaction and retention. Quantitative data was collected through a questionnaire. The study findings concluded that the job satisfaction variables of opportunities to work with children, recognition for achievements, and perception that a job in teaching is valuable provided correlational significance for the likelihood of substitute teachers in this study to stay in substitute teaching supporting the rejection of the null hypothesis, Ho1: Intrinsic variables of job satisfaction do not significantly affect substitute teacher retention. The study findings also concluded that the job dissatisfaction variables of salary and benefits, job-related stress, job- related support, and student behavior in the classroom provided correlational significance for the likelihood of substitute teachers to leave substitute teaching supporting the rejection of the null hypothesis, Ho2: Extrinsic variables of job satisfaction do not significantly affect substitute teacher retention.