TITLE:
From Student-Teachers to Teachers of Students: Beginning Teachers’ Journeys from Pre-Service to the Classroom
AUTHORS:
Irina S. Okhremtchouk, Rosa M. Jiménez, Rebecca Rosa, Susan G. Porter, Navnit Bhandal, Molly Cramer, Gregory Lang, Kevin Magill, Robert Mathrole, Kate Poulin
KEYWORDS:
Beginning and New-to-the-Profession Teachers, Turnover and Attrition, Teacher Induction, In-service and Pre-service Teachers, Student-Teachers
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.6 No.3,
March
11,
2015
ABSTRACT: Given the complexities associated with the retention of beginning teachers nationwide, this article serves as a small window to the professional realities and challenges new to the profession teachers face. In this collaborative inquiry, we attempt to uncover and examine key issues pertaining to the pre-service and induction experiences of beginning teachers. We, teacher educators, utilized an inquiry discourse approach to disseminate findings through a collective voice in which we examined issues beginning teachers encounter and support mechanisms needed with the beginning teachers as compared to about them. This article concludes with a list of recommendations for the beginning teachers, school administrators, and teacher preparation programs.