"We Need to Be In the Classroom More": Veteran Teachers’ Views on Teacher Preparation and Retention
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Publication Title
The Professional Educator
Volume
43
Issue
1
First page number:
91
Last page number:
99
Abstract
Annual teacher attrition hovers around 8% and causes of teacher attrition have been studied widely. However, more needs to be known about specific aspects of teacher preparation that can foster retention. The goal of this study was to understand the perspectives of veteran teachers regarding retention. This investigation employed semi-structured interviews with teachers who graduated from a south western university and who have persisted in their teaching careers in a large, urban school district. Our analyses conveyed that rich field experiences and particular characteristics of mentor teachers can foster retention; however, these persisters also persevered through inauthentic teacher preparation experiences.
Keywords
Teacher retention; Teacher preparation programs
Disciplines
Education | Educational Psychology
Language
English
Repository Citation
Beck, J. S.,
Lunsmann, C.,
Garza, T.
(2020).
"We Need to Be In the Classroom More": Veteran Teachers’ Views on Teacher Preparation and Retention.
The Professional Educator, 43(1),
91-99.