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Reduce Teacher Turnover and See What It Is Costing You

Use our calculator to estimate the real cost of teacher turnover in your district and how investing in professional growth can help you retain more educators.

Calculate Your Turnover Cost

What is teacher turnover really costing your district?

Between recruiting, onboarding, lost productivity, and student impact, the true cost adds up quickly. Use the calculator below to see your cost and potential savings.

1. How Many Teachers?

How many teachers work in your school or district? Enter your numbers in the fields below.

How many teachers leave your school or district each year? If you don’t know, enter your best estimate.

2. Cost of Hiring

How much do you spend on recruiting per teaching position? (Advertising on job boards, flyers, attending/traveling to job fairs, etc.)

How much do you spend on processing and onboarding each new teacher?

How much is your signing bonus for new teachers? If there is no signing bonus, enter zero.

Your Results

Your school system’s retention rate is:

97

Every year, turnover costs your school system:

486000

How Much Could You Save?

If you increased your retention rate by…
1%  you would save  118800  every year.
3%  you would save  486000  every year.
5%  you would save  853200  every year.
10%  you would save  1767600  every year.

*Auto-filled figures are based on estimates from the National Commission on Teaching & America’s Future

Now That You Know the Cost, What’s Next?

Understanding your turnover cost is the first step. The next is building a strategy to retain the educators who make the biggest impact.

See how Professional Growth can help improve retention

“I’d like to think that our professional development programming is one of the reasons we have a very high retention rate here in our district. Over the last five years, on average, we retain about 93% of our teachers. We have a lot of wonderful things happening in our school community, but again, I think professional development is an important part of that process.”

Ann Bell
Professional Growth Lead, Council Rock School District

Frontline Professional Growth Supports Retention

When teachers feel supported, they are more likely to stay. Ongoing professional learning helps educators build confidence, improve their practice, and stay engaged in their work. 

With Frontline Professional Growth, districts can deliver that support in flexible ways. Blended learning makes it easy to combine in person, virtual, and self paced experiences so teachers can access learning in ways that fit their schedules. 

Districts can also manage professional learning, access built in learning and collaboration resources, and connect development to ongoing feedback and evaluations, helping support educator growth over time.

Ready to grow and retain your staff?