Due to the current shortage of special education teachers and the rising concerns over attrition and retention, it is important to understand what is contributing to teacher burnout and self-efficacy. This purpose of this quantitative, non-experimental, cross-sectional, predictive study was to determine if there was a predictive relationship…

Significant numbers of early career teachers decide to leave the profession every year. National data indicate that more than 44% of teachers leave the profession within five years and teachers in high-needs schools are more apt to leave after the first year. Attrition is a salient concern for the field of education because of its financial…