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Adoniou, Misty – Teacher Development, 2016
This article reports findings from a study of 14 beginning teachers in their first year of teaching in primary schools. By the end of the first year, half were reconsidering their long-term commitment to teaching. The study found they were considering leaving because they were struggling to be the teachers they had envisaged being. One reason for…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, School Support, Alignment (Education), Mentors
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Cross, Dionne I.; Hong, Ji; Williams-Johnson, Meca – Teacher Development, 2011
The problem of teacher shortage is of grave concern internationally, impacting countries such as the US, England and Australia. One popular approach to addressing issues of teacher attrition has been to hire international teachers (a.k.a. overseas-trained teachers) to fill the gap. In this paper the authors document the challenges and barriers…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, Foreign Countries, Faculty Mobility