Once Is Not Enough: Former Special Educators Who Return to Teaching.

Singer, Judith D.

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ERIC Number: EJ470661

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Publication Date: 1993

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Once Is Not Enough: Former Special Educators Who Return to Teaching.

Singer, Judith D.

Exceptional Children, v60 n1 p58-72 Sep 1993

This research examined the career paths of 2,700 former special educators hired by Michigan public schools between 1972 and 1985. An estimated 34% of the former educators reentered a Michigan classroom within five years of leaving, and an estimated 58% of these stayed for more than seven years. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Career Development, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Labor Supply, Labor Turnover, Longitudinal Studies, Reentry Workers, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Persistence

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Policymakers; Administrators; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Michigan

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