The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to better understand the lived experiences of novice teachers in K12 Hawaii schools implementing professional learning communities (PLCs) and what, if any, influence their experiences have on their resilience and retention. The research questions that guided this study: What are the lived…

Entering academia can be a stressful and overwhelming experience for any first-year professor. Nobody expects that their first year as an early career professor will involve having to navigate the unique difficulties that can arise during a global crisis. This article takes a multidisciplinary approach to persevering through the unique struggles…

The Australian Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL, 2011) stipulate that graduating teachers need to be classroom-ready and able to perform at a 'graduate standard'. However, recent research indicates that nearly 50% of beginning teachers lack readiness, are overwhelmed with stress, and will leave the profession within five years. This…

Alternative certification programs provide a potential solution for teacher shortages in high-needs settings and content areas. These programs often attract career changers, who bring a passion for their content area and a desire to make it relevant to students. Research suggests that support during the first year is critical, but little is known…

This paper reports a small section of a larger study that uses a mixed-methods approach to examine participation experiences of novice teachers of English in Chile beginning their careers in nonharmonic public, semiprivate, and private school communities. Drawing on Wenger's framework of communities of practice, this paper reveals that novice…

Researchers have found that teachers who have a strong vision for teaching can overcome obstacles in their classrooms. A teacher's vision is what he or she sees as his or her mission as an educator. Hopefulness, the feeling of possibility and attainability, is the necessary precursor to the successful implementation of a vision. Using the…

While the role of professional commitment in retaining early career teachers has been widely acknowledged in the literature, few studies have examined the commitment change of early career teachers over time. Informed by a developmental perspective, this study explores three early career English teachers' commitment change across the teacher…

Previous reports suggest that administrators rarely dismiss low-performing teachers despite the changing policy landscape allowing them to do so. This brief uses survey data from Tennessee to investigate the underlying reasons explaining administrators' decisions to retain low-performing teachers. The presented analysis suggests that…

A large urban school district wanted to understand how its first-year teacher mentoring program might better support the district goals of increasing retention and maintaining a diverse workforce. This study investigated new teachers' participation in that program; how participation varied across teacher characteristics, especially how…

A large urban school district wanted to understand how its first-year teacher mentoring program might better support the district goals of increasing retention and maintaining a diverse workforce. The study investigated new teachers' participation in that program; how participation varied across teacher characteristics, especially how…

Teacher induction and mentoring programs are increasingly promoted as an effective mechanism for improving new teacher quality, new teacher retention, and student outcomes. This Study Snapshot highlights key findings from a larger study that examined teacher survey and staffing data to describe new teachers' participation in a large urban…

These are the appendixes for the report, "Variation in Mentoring Practices and Retention across New Teacher Demographic Characteristics under a Large Urban District's New Teacher Mentoring Program." A large urban school district wanted to understand how its first-year teacher mentoring program might better support the district goals of…

A collective priority of teachers is to facilitate students in thriving academically, personally, and socially. However, the challenges associated with compassion fatigue (i.e., the mental, physical, and emotional exhaustion that comes with working with and caring for individuals who are impacted by distress and trauma) combined with personal and…

The issue of early-career teacher attrition is a pressing concern across a variety of educational settings. Research in predominantly anglophone contexts has shown that rates of foreign language teachers leaving the profession are particularly high. Noting the important role that well-being plays in fostering teacher retention, this study examines…

New teacher attrition is a serious problem, with some studies estimating that 50 percent of teachers leave the profession within their first few years. This high attrition rate means that many schools have large number of inexperienced teachers and that districts must spend scarce funds for recruitment and replacement costs. Springfield Public…