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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Veteran Teacher"”.
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Veteran Teacher Engagement in Site-Based Professional Development: A Mixed Methods Study
<p>This research study examined how teachers self-report their levels of engagement, which factors they believe contribute most to their engagement, and which assumptions of andragogy most heavily influence teacher engagement in site-based professional development. This study employed a convergent …
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Veteran teacher voices: Relational accountability and ethical professionalism in second-level education in Ireland.
Teacher professionalism has become an increasingly contested and ambiguous concept in international and national educational discourses. Policy rhetoric ostensibly aimed at increasing teacher professionalism is critiqued as in fact eroding some of its core tenets (Sachs 2016; Biesta 2015a; 2015b; …
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Sustaining Millennials in Teaching Careers: A Comparison of Entering and Veteran Teacher Views: A Pilot Study
… each school year due to the lack of trained teachers to fill positions left by large numbers of retirees. The problem is there is a need for content specialists in secondary schools and only a limited number of new teachers, which is insufficient in replacing retirees, leaving educational …
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Veteran Teacher Perceptions of the Grossmont Model of Peer Assistance and Review. Is it a Viable Alternative to Traditional Evaluation?
This study looked at factors that influenced veteran teacher perceptions of the newly implemented Peer Assistance and Review (PAR) program in the Grossmont Union High School District. More specifically, the study explored (1) reasons why teachers with at least five years of successful teaching …
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No child left behind: the impact on special education teachers at the secondary level
… of 2001 (NCLB) has impacted special education teachers at the secondary level. Two research strategies were used for this study. First, surveys were given to eleven special education teachers at a southern New Jersey high school. Then, a veteran teacher and a novice teacher at the high school …
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A multi-faceted approach to high quality professional development
… in which a needs assessment was distributed to teachers to determine workshop offerings, and workshops were evaluated with respect to content, presenter, length of time, and relevance to classroom instruction. Analysis of the data showed the importance of the continued support of the novice and …
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Moving Away from Home: A Map of Classroom Burnout
… series of essays about professional burnout, a veteran teacher seeks a way to continue her work and enthusiasm in it, for the sake of both her and her students. To that end, she explores her relationships with her father and mother, and how the practices of teaching and learning she brought from …
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VETERAN TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES IN CONNECTION TO TEACHER EMPOWERMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>VETERAN TEACHERS’ EXPERIENCES IN CONNECTION TO TEACHER EMPOWERMENT WITHIN THE SCHOOL</p> <p>By</p> <p>Jessica Louise Aho</p> <p>This narrative inquiry has been designed to explore the perspectives and experiences of veteran elementary teachers in connection to leadership and …
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Veteran Teachers Are Like A Rooted Tree: Comprehensive Formal Mentoring as a Mitigating Factor for Stress, Burnout, and Attrition for K-8 Public School Veteran Teachers
… Experiences of prolonged stress can lead to teacher burnout and attrition. Veteran teacher attrition, primarily teacher migration, negatively impacts students with the greatest needs and does not address antecedent factors driving the pattern of attrition. Comprehensive formal mentoring has …
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"I no longer teach history, I teach S.O.Ls:" Navigating the curricular and instructional minefield of a high-stakes educational environment
… tests have altered the educational landscape for teachers remain. 'Teaching to the test' has become a household phrase, one that can have both positive and negative undertones. To better understand how teachers negotiate the influences over their curricular and instructional decisions requires the …
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A phenomenological qualitative study on kindergarten teacher perspectives of parental involvement in urban kindergarten classrooms
… to have a better understanding of kindergarten teacher perspectives with varied levels of teaching experience on parental involvement in urban elementary schools. Three teachers who participated in the study included: a novice teacher, a mid-career teacher, and a veteran teacher. Varying years …
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A Patchwork Quilt: A Qualitative Case Study Examining Mentoring, Coaching, and Teacher Induction in the Western Québec School Board
Mentoring, coaching, and teacher induction programs continue to gain traction in school jurisdictions across Canada and internationally in an effort to address teacher attrition, support professional growth, and improve teaching and learning. Conceptualized as a patchwork quilt, this thesis by …
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Classroom Teachers: Why the Mass Exodus?
… sought to explore the perceptions of first-year teachers on the effectiveness of instructional support and the impact those supports had on their decision to remain in the classroom the following year. The study compared the various kinds of instructional support to the eight school organization …
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The impact of educators' social emotional competence : a mixed methods explanatory sequential study.
… and determine if being a novice or veteran teacher has a significant impact on those levels. This study included three phases, quantitative, and qualitative, and concluded with the integration of the mixed methods phase. In the quantitative phase data collection consisted of …
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A Descriptive Case Study of Teacher Study Groups and Teachers' Perceptions of the Impact of Study Groups on Professional Growth
… and delineating the essential characteristics of veteran teacher study groups or the perceptions of teachers about how study groups affect their professional growth.</p> <p><em>Purpose.</em> The purposes of this study were to: (1) define and delineate the essential characteristics of existing …
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Teacher Resilience in Central Virginia: How Veteran Teachers Become Resilient
The development of teacher resilience is important in improving teacher retention. This study identified reasons veteran teachers have remained in the classroom; individual and contextual factors of resilience; significant challenges the teachers have encountered; and strategies the teachers used …
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Retention and Motivation of Veteran Teachers.
<p>The workforce in the United States is aging. Teachers, like all other workers in the country, are also aging. The veteran teachers in our nation's public schools possess wisdom gained through their on-the-job experience. With looming teacher shortages in our public schools, it is imperative that …