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Solomonson, Jay K.; Thieman, Erica B.; Korte, Debra S.; Retallick, Michael S. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2019
Approximately half of a million educators move or leave the profession each year with an estimated 41% of all educators exiting within the first five years. Additionally, agriculture teacher preparation programs are not producing enough graduates to meet current demands with 1,476 agricultural teacher vacancies existing in 2016 and only 772…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Vocational Education Teachers, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence
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Korte, Debra S.; Simonsen, Jon C. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2018
Teacher self-efficacy impacts student achievement, job satisfaction, and teacher retention. Although the benefits of social support have been extensively studied in medicine and psychology, limited research has been completed in education to evaluate the ways in which social support contribute toward teacher self-efficacy. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Teacher Effectiveness, Social Support Groups, Agricultural Education
Korte, Debra S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Teacher self-efficacy affects student achievement, job satisfaction, and teacher retention. Although the benefits of social support have been extensively studied in medicine and psychology, limited research has been completed in education to evaluate the ways in which social support influences teacher self-efficacy. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Self Efficacy, Agricultural Education
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Solomonson, Jay K.; Korte, Debra S.; Thieman, Erica B.; Retallick, Michael S.; Keating, Kari H. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2018
Teacher attrition is a significant problem nationally and a special challenge for school-based agriculture education programs. The purpose of this study was to investigate contributing variables associated with former Illinois school-based agriculture teachers and their decision to leave the profession. A four-factor conceptual model is proposed…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Labor Turnover, Agricultural Education, Faculty Mobility