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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Second-career teachers"”.
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An Investigation into the Psychological Capital of Second-Career Teachers and Factors Influencing Their Scores
… to examine the Psychological Capital (PsyCap) of second-career teachers (SCTs) and their perceptions of what affects their PsyCap in the workplace by surveying and interviewing second-career teachers in public school districts in central eastern and northern Virginia. The research questions were: …
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Improving Retention Rates of Teachers Through Analysis of Second-Career Educators
… have been an issue in education for decades. New teachers continue to leave the field at an alarming rate, despite research and attempts to improve their retention. This study focuses on the population of second-career educators and their reasons for remaining in the field at a higher rate than …
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The Transition of Military Personnel to Public Educatiion
This is a qualitative study of second-career military personnel who have become teachers after they completed an alternative certification program. Factors that contributed to the transition of second-career military teachers to the classroom were examined. Obstacles the teachers encountered during …
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Understanding the lived experiences of second career beginning teachers
… entering the teaching profession as a second career (McKenzie, Rowley, Weldon, & Murphy, 2011). To expand the potential pool of well-qualified teachers, opening the profession to individuals with relevant experience outside education is now recognised as an important policy option …
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Summative Evaluation of an Alternative Teacher Licensure Program Sponsored by a Large Suburban School Division
… Faced with critical shortages of public school teachers in several subject areas, the Commonwealth of Virginia first approved an alternative route to licensure in 1998. In accordance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, school divisions must ensure that teachers are highly qualified and …
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A Comparison of the Perceptions between Novice and Veteran Teachers about the Teaching Profession in Elementary and Middle Schools in Sevier County, Tennessee.
<p>Teachers all over the country are leaving the profession at an alarming rate and by understanding the attitudes and perceptions of both first- and second-career teachers as well as novice and veteran teachers on various areas of teaching, we can begin to identify better and more specific ways to …
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Transition from military life to teaching
… a federally sponsored program known as Troops to Teachers. Only one of the men hired had completed a teacher licensure program; the other seven were utilizing the alternate route to licensure allowed by the Virginia Department of Education. These men were hired and placed in the classroom without …