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Crawford, Kathleen; Toledo, Courtney – New Educator, 2023
Transitioning from teacher candidate to beginning teacher remains a difficult one despite school districts' efforts to provide mentoring and induction programs. This commentary examines teacher attrition and current practices used to support new teachers entering the profession. We draw on the tenets of characteristics of effective mentorships and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Mentors, Beginning Teacher Induction, Faculty Mobility
Keenan Xavier Lee – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the perspectives of six first-year teachers related to the practices they experienced through the systemwide induction program within one Georgia school system, Beckett County School District (pseudonym). The researcher sought to investigate the types of coaching tools (i.e., observations,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education
Sharon Bullard Hutchins – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine teacher mentor actions, specifically through the conversations between early career teachers and their mentors within a mentoring program in one Georgia metropolitan school system. The researcher sought to explore the meaning that early career teachers made of these conversations.…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Interpersonal Relationship
Danielle Sweetman Richoux – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation explores teacher preparedness to engage with a diverse Westo, Georgia, student population effectively. The study emphasizes the pivotal role played by teacher training and ongoing professional development in shaping this preparedness. Employing a quantitative research approach, the investigation evaluates the preparedness levels…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Program Effectiveness, Faculty Development
Doris Nicole Glass – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Enrollment in traditional special education teacher preparation programs has declined while enrollment in alternative preparation programs has increased in Georgia (Georgia Insights, 2024). Since alternative preparation programs have become the viable recruitment vein for rural schools challenged to fill special education teaching vacancies,…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Teacher Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Rural Schools
Alexis Williams – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Society's perception, recruitment, and retention of alternative certified teachers entering the education system is a critical issue in Career and Technical Education (CTE) (Heilig, 2007). Although public education is an important factor in our society and the nation's future, fewer college and university students are majoring in education…
Descriptors: Teaching Experience, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers, State Standards
Whittney Michele McPherson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Student success and achievement can be measured in myriad ways; however, the impact of teacher effectiveness in each classroom is an essential part of the formula for student success. Although most teachers work in isolation in their classrooms, it is important for school leaders to support student success by supporting teachers. This study…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Coaching (Performance), Beginning Teachers, Faculty Development
Wilson, Greg John – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Retaining new teachers has long been an issue that has plagued K-12 education (Garcia & Weiss, 2019; Ingersoll, 2001; Kelchtermans, 2017). While there is significant literature on general K-12 teacher retention (Borman & Dowling, 2008; Chapman & Hutcheson, 1982; Hanushek et al., 2004; Whipp & Geronime, 2015), there has been little…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Certification
Kedrah D. Knowlin-Anderson – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This qualitative case study involved addressing rates of general education elementary school teachers with 0 to 5 years of teaching experience who referred students with disabilities to the office for their behavior, which were twice as often as nondisabled students. Based on the conceptual framework of Weiner's Attribution Theory, teacher's lack…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Elementary School Teachers, Experienced Teachers, Beginning Teachers
Nila Jean Burt – ProQuest LLC, 2022
New teachers are leaving the profession at steadily increasing rates at a substantial cost to Georgia taxpayers who support local school districts and the state department of education (Pelfrey, 2020). Recruitment, training, and hiring efforts are examples of these cost burdens. Teacher turnover causes educational losses for students and financial…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Leadership Styles, Leadership Effectiveness
Evans-Dobbs, Katrina M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
This study utilized a quantitative, statistical, non-experimental design to collect, analyze, and interpret data or variables that might predict retention of beginning teachers(0-3 years of experience) and experienced teachers (more than 3 years of experience) in a rural county school system in Georgia. The following variables were examined:…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Faculty Mobility, Prediction, Beginning Teachers
Fuchsman, Dillon; Sass, Tim R.; Zamarro, Gema – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2020
Teacher turnover has adverse consequences for student achievement and imposes large financial costs for schools. Some have argued that high-stakes testing may lower teachers' satisfaction with their jobs and could be a major contributor to teacher attrition. In this paper, we exploit changes in the tested grades and subjects in Georgia to study…
Descriptors: Testing, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Distribution, High Stakes Tests
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Zhou, Molly – Georgia Educational Researcher, 2018
The case study intends to study edTPA as a measure for teacher readiness. The case study examined four first year teachers' edTPA experience, performance, and their perspectives on edTPA as a tool to measure teacher readiness in light of their first year teaching experiences and TKES assessment results. Three research questions were used to guide…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Evaluation, Performance Based Assessment, Readiness
Atkinson, Michael R., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2020
The purpose of this study was to describe the self-efficacy of Georgia early-career agriculture teachers and its relationship to job satisfaction and career commitment. The participants in this study were Georgia agricultural education teachers with five years or less experience teaching middle or high school agriculture. This descriptive and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Agricultural Education, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Persistence
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Salas, Spencer; Lewis, Chance W.; Siefert, Bobbi – New Educator, 2021
An abundant and longstanding body of scholarship has underscored the White femininity of the U.S. K-12 teaching workforce and the need to diversify its ranks. Black males, in particular, potentially struggle with the notion of becoming teachers given their often highly negative lived experiences with schools and schooling including low…
Descriptors: African American Students, Graduate Students, Males, Preservice Teachers
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