Vivi’s 2026 Global Teacher Insights Report

Teachers who feel successful are the ones who stay.

Retention is one of the hardest challenges school and system leaders face. For the second year running, Vivi and FullScale (formerly The Learning Accelerator) asked nearly 2,000 teachers around the world a deceptively simple question: what makes you feel successful?

The answer matters, because the teachers who feel successful are the ones who stay. Because teacher success is deeply tied to multiple variables, this year's global study is delivered in two distinct parts to give leaders actionable evidence:

Part 1: Teacher Retention

How foundational classroom management unlocks teacher confidence and instructional expertise

Part 2: Classroom Safety

How physical and psychological safety form the underlying bedrock for teacher success

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Vivi 2026 Global Teacher Insights Report Part 1 on Teacher Retention and Part 2 on Classroom Safety

The critical early-career window

Jumps from 8% to 36%

The percentage of teachers who report feeling extremely successful surges as they gain foundational competencies, highlighting the need for early leadership support.

The retention challenge leaders know too well.

Teaching keeps getting harder to sustain, and the cost of losing teachers falls on students, schools, and budgets alike.

The encouraging part: the conditions that make teachers want to stay are largely ones that leaders can shape. This report focuses on what teachers say helps them feel successful, and therefore what helps them stay.

7% - 15%

The Early-Career Exit

of public school teachers leave the classroom entirely within their first two years.

An early career teacher standing in front of an interactive classroom display interacting with students

44% – 55%

The 5-Year Attrition Window

of all new teachers exit the profession within their first five years.

A male classroom teacher writing math equations on a green chalkboard while students sit at desks in a bright, modern classroom.

One report. Two parts. One throughline: teacher retention.

Both parts build on the same framework from our multi-year study: teachers feel successful when four key drivers are strong, with a sense of community and connection tying them together. Parts 1 and 2 each examine a critical condition that determines whether teachers feel successful enough to remain in the classroom.

PART 1

Encouraging Retention by Equipping Early-Career Teachers with the Keys for Success

The share of teachers who report feeling “extremely successful” climbs from 8% early on to 36% with classroom experience. Part 1 explores how school leaders can accelerate this progression, focusing on foundational classroom management as the primary mechanism that unlocks deeper instructional expertise.

Perceptions of Success Climb:

8%
Novice (0-2 Yrs)

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36%
Experienced (3-5 Yrs)

PART 2

Keeping Educators in the Classroom by Ensuring Their Safety

While most global teachers report feeling physically safe, roughly 1 in 4 have actively left or considered leaving a teaching position due to safety concerns. Part 2 shows why structural and cultural safety form the quiet baseline beneath success, and how leaders can establish visible peace of mind.

The Retention Risk Factor:

1 in 4

teachers have actively left or considered leaving a position due to safety concerns.

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Put the right tools in your teachers' hands.

The report is clear about what helps teachers feel successful: managing the classroom with confidence, connecting with students, keeping learning active, and trusting that safety is handled. That is exactly where Vivi fits.

Vivi gives school administrators a simple way to put the right tools in teachers' hands: the freedom to move and teach from anywhere in the room, content sharing without the friction that breaks a lesson's flow, and instant, reliable communication for both everyday moments and emergencies.

When teachers feel equipped and supported, they feel more successful. And successful teachers stay.

Classroom Management

of teachers agree Vivi makes it easier to seamlessly manage the classroom environment with confidence.

Student Connection

report increased, meaningful student interaction and connection during daily lessons.

Active Engagement

say the platform keeps learning dynamic and active without breaking the classroom's flow.

Visible Safety

value having instant, reliable emergency communication tools directly in their hands.

About the research

Now in its second year, the Global Teacher Study is an annual survey conducted by Vivi and FullScale (formerly The Learning Accelerator). The 2026 study gathered insights from nearly 2,000 educators, alongside focus group interviews.

Teachers' sense of success is shaped by four key drivers:

Effective Classroom Management
Teacher–Student Connections
Active Student Engagement
High-Quality Instruction

Enabled by: A Sense of Community & Connection

2025 Archive

Looking for last year's findings?

Read the 2025 Global Teacher Insights Report to see how the core trends and drivers compare over time.

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