The purpose of this study is to reveal the reasons for a classroom teacher (not) to choose the profession and her views on organizational loneliness and commitment related to the profession. A viewpoint, a case study and profession-related views were presented to teachers who would begin their duty or especially those who would work as the only…

Purpose: This study explored one physical education teacher's engagement in an online professional learning community and her perceptions of its impact on her own feelings of isolation. Sense of community theory was used as a lens to explore the data. Method: Using a single instrumental case study design, the participant of this study was a female…

We share our experience of establishing a network for primary and secondary mathematics leaders working in rural and regional Catholic schools in Victoria. We evidence the influence of our sector leadership that addressed a tension concerning the leaders' work isolation through a network initiative. This network initiative was in response to the…

Physical educators tend to be perceived as teachers of a non-core, ancillary subject, meaning that they often contend with marginalization. In previous research, physical education National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) reported enhanced self-efficacy and confidence in their teaching with reduced feelings of marginality. Nevertheless, direct…

Purpose: To examine the workplace experience of physical education teacher educators while accounting for gender and institution type. Method: Participants included 286 U.S. faculty members (151 females and 135 males). Data were collected using an online survey that included measures of negative (i.e., marginalization, isolation, role stress,…

Teaching can be an isolating profession. One way for teachers to learn from one another and develop collaborative professional relationships is through peer observations. One of the high schools in central New Jersey implemented a peer observation program called Professional Learning Visits, or "PLVs". This study sought to determine the…

While student affairs (SA) practitioner expertise can inform a faculty member's knowledge in the classroom, the transition into a tenure-track faculty role from student affairs administrative roles is complex. One of the differences new faculty members with SA administrator backgrounds experience is a change in the work community and shift from…

Growing educational research shows that teachers of color are finding themselves working in racially hostile schools, experiencing racism from their white colleagues in explicit and inexplicit ways. There is a need to further categorize how North Carolina teachers of color are experiencing racism in the workplace and identify how they are affected…

The purpose of this multiple case study was to examine the experiences of beginning music teachers as they navigate starting instrumental music programs in a large urban school district in the southern United States. A team of researchers collected data from three first-year music educators launching new instrumental programs at seven schools.…

This case study sought to examine the experiences of teachers on an effective diverse teaching team to discover if a team-based approach could be used to help mitigate racial disconnections, teacher isolation, and feelings of inferiority reported by teachers of color across the United States. Using extant literature on the experiences of teachers…

The aim of this study was to explore the isolation or perception of social loneliness school administrators experience in the workplace. To this end, the researcher has addressed the following research questions: What are the isolation and social loneliness perceptions of school administrators?, What are the causes of isolation and social…

Professional isolation, a familiar issue in world language education, has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article addresses this issue by providing world language educators with practical guidance related to establishing high-functioning professional networks online. Empirical findings related to computer-mediated communication…

While there continues to be increasing research about Black male teachers' school-based experiences, there is less empirical evidence on the variation in these experiences for this subgroup. Drawing on Kanter's Theory of Numbers and Group Composition, the researcher used the qualitative method to compare the perceptions of Black male teachers in…

The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between paternalistic leadership and the level of classroom teachers' ostracism. The participants for this study consisted of 101 classroom teachers at primary schools located in Bartin. Data in this study were collected by using paternalistic leadership scale developed by Aycan,…

Almost seven decades after the Supreme Court's "1954 Brown v Board of Education" decision, African American/Black men are still vastly underrepresented in the K-12 public education profession. For this qualitative, phenomenological research study, a small sample of this demographic of educators, who chose to enter and remain in the…