ERIC Number: EJ1439169
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Sep
Pages: 36
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-1688
EISSN: EISSN-1477-0954
COVID-19 and the Pre-Existing Language Teacher Supply Crisis
Kelly Moser; Tianlan Wei
Language Teaching Research, v28 n5 p1940-1975 2024
The insufficient supply of K-12 language - world language (WL) and English as a second language (ESL) - teachers in the United States has been a pervasive challenge for school administrators seeking to provide language learning opportunities for their students. The issue is complex - including numerous factors that adversely affect the recruitment of future educators as well as their retention once in the classroom. Almost all states report a dearth of WL and/or ESL teachers, and WL is the discipline with the highest predictive teacher turnover rate - whether by leaving the profession entirely ("leavers") or opting to move to a different school ("movers"). In spring 2020, the global health pandemic placed additional demands on all educators, and consequently some reports predict an exodus of teachers from K-12 schools. This article presents the results of a study exploring language teachers' intention to leave the profession as a consequence of school-related responsibilities and experiences during spring 2020. Data revealed three profiles of K-12 language teachers: "stayers", "leavers", and "conditional stayers." Implications related to influential factors in teachers' potential decisions to remain in or exit the profession are provided.
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Teacher Supply and Demand, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Faculty Mobility, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Persistence, Intention, Teacher Attitudes, Decision Making, Human Capital, Social Capital, Technological Literacy, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Distance Education, Teacher Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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