Teacher attrition is most prevalent among novice teachers and occurs largely as a result of poor job satisfaction. Content-specific mentoring interventions demonstrate effectiveness in combating novice teacher attrition, but are inaccessible by visual and performing arts teachers due to their status as one-person departments within school…

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship among new teacher training, the emotional competence of new teachers and their effectiveness in the classroom. Teachers with four years or less of teaching experience and were enrolled in Delaware's Comprehensive Induction Program were invited to participated in the study. Forty-eight new…

This paper is a proposal to address current and future shortages of quality teachers and teacher retention in all areas, but especially those critical need areas such as secondary math and science, and Special Education and World Language in all grades. It further provides a solution to recruit and retain a quality teacher workforce that is more…