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Jabbar, Huriya; Cannata, Marisa; Germain, Emily; Castro, Andrene – American Educational Research Journal, 2020
Teacher labor markets are evolving across the United States. The rise of charter schools, alternative teacher certification, and portfolio districts are transforming teachers' access to employment, changing the way they search for and apply for jobs, and may also change the role that social networks play in the job search. However, we know little…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Labor Market, Social Networks
Day, Stephen Harlan – ProQuest LLC, 2015
A mini-economy is an ongoing classroom project in which elementary school students apply for jobs, receive simulated income, go shopping at the classroom store, and ultimately create their own businesses. This study uses design-based research methodology to find out what classroom practices emerge when the College, Career, and Civic Life Framework…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Economics Education, Consumer Economics, Simulated Environment
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Moloney, Mary – Irish Educational Studies, 2015
Caring for and educating young children is highly skilled and complex, and is dependent upon the educator's education and training, work environment, salary and work benefits. This paper which draws upon two annual BA ECEC Graduate Occupational Profile Surveys undertaken in 2013 and 2014, explores the perceptions of graduates about seeking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Graduates, Early Childhood Education, Student Attitudes
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Simonson, Michael, Ed.; Seepersaud, Deborah, Ed. – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2021
For the forty-fourth time, the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented online and onsite during the annual AECT Convention. Volume 1 contains papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Papers dealing with…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Feedback (Response), Course Evaluation
Cannata, Marisa – National Center on School Choice, Vanderbilt University (NJ1), 2010
This paper examines the position of charter schools in prospective elementary teachers' job search decisions. Using a labor market segmentation framework, it explores teacher applicants' decisions to apply to charter schools. The data come from a mixed-methods longitudinal study of prospective teachers looking for their first job. This paper finds…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Public School Teachers, Labor Market, Career Choice
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Cannata, Marisa – Elementary School Journal, 2011
This article highlights the role of social networks in the elementary teacher job search. Using interviews with 27 teacher applicants, it explores how prospective elementary teachers used their social networks to identify job opportunities, obtain jobs, and gather information about schools. The findings suggest that teacher applicants assumed that…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Social Networks, Social Capital, Teacher Characteristics
Donoghue, Donna; Collins, Esther; Wakefield, Sally – Teacher Ideas Press, 2005
Confused about how to start on your journey as an educator? This ultimate guide to getting hired and staying inspired is a must-purchase for any beginning elementary school teacher. Donna M. Donoghue and her coauthors have done the legwork for you and provide great tips, strategies, and tactics for getting your foot in the door and beginning a…
Descriptors: Parent Teacher Conferences, Elementary School Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Selection