Exiting teachers from 41 districts participated in the 2025 SC Teacher Exit Survey. This report shares state-level insights into their decisions to leave their positions, whether to change roles, move districts, retire, or leave public education entirely. Additionally, the report unpacks data on teachers’ willingness to return to the classroom, and which considerations would most influence their decision to do so.
This addition to our District Support Series helps guide strategic planning teams through layering existing data sets, such as SC Teacher Working Conditions Survey data, SC School Report Card metrics, and more. By triangulating findings from a variety of meaningful sources, district leaders can gain more insight, supporting the outcomes districts and schools aim to achieve.
Interested in digging deeper? SC TEACHER offers in-person Data + Insight Workshops on topics including utilizing survey data as evidence in PADEPP and Cognia. Workshops are free to districts with at least a 50% response rate in the SC Teacher Working Conditions Survey. Request more information—and suggest another topic that could support your district’s work—through our Connect page.
This report presents a detailed analysis of South Carolina’s alternative route teacher pipeline and workforce for the 2023–24 academic year. Longitudinal data going back to 2019–20 reveal patterns in the preparation and retention of alternative route teachers, as well as the growth of state-approved alternative certification pathways.
Teachers from 75% of South Carolina public schools participated in the 2025 SC Teacher Working Conditions Survey. This report features a comprehensive analysis of statewide survey data, showing significant correlations between certain teacher working conditions and job satisfaction, with notable variations across school levels and other contexts.
Research indicates that school administrators have an influence on working conditions for teachers and on learning environments for students. With principals and assistant principals playing an essential role in school effectiveness, this report seeks to better understanding the current composition and distribution of South Carolina’s administrator workforce, identifying demographic trends and opportunities for targeted support.
Unpack information on the 2023–24 South Carolina teacher workforce, including demographics, certification pathways, and district-level distributions. This year’s workforce profile examines data by school organizational level, while also comparing state-level findings to national and regional trends, to better understand potential relationships between workforce characteristics and the teacher pipeline.
District teams and school administrators can approach the Expanded Program for Assisting, Developing, and Evaluating Principal Performance (PADEPP) utilizing SC Teacher Working Conditions Survey data as evidence. This guide offers an overview of alignment between PADEPP standards and survey constructs, plus specific examples and next steps for getting started.
Interested in digging deeper? SC TEACHER offers in-person PADEPP-focused Data + Insight Workshops, free to districts with at least a 50% survey response rate. Request more information about these workshops—and suggest another topic that could support your district’s work—through our Connect page.
As a redefined take on SC TEACHER’s annual retention report, this research on teacher mobility digs deeper into the full picture of South Carolina’s educator pipeline. Data specific to types of leavers, new hires, and movement among roles provide a more nuanced story for districts as well as for the state overall.
In addition to the report, the data visualization highlights important details from the story of teacher retention and attrition in South Carolina with illustrations of key research findings.
This brief guide illustrates for school districts how SC Teacher Working Conditions Survey data can be used as evidence to support the Cognia accreditation process by mapping connections between Cognia Performance Standards and survey data. This is the newest release in our District Support Series—a collection of tools designed to meet the needs of district leaders as they analyze their survey data to inform continuous improvement efforts.
In addition to this guide, SC TEACHER will be offering in-person Cognia-focused Data + Insight Workshops, free to districts with at least a 50% survey response rate. Request more information about these workshops—and suggest another topic that could support your district’s work—through our Connect page.
