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Bonitatibus, Mary – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Technology integration in the classroom has been implemented inconsistently in educational environments even though it is proven to be an effective instructional strategy that has improved student engagement and learning. The point of inquiry for this mixed-methods study was to ascertain why some teachers accept technology integration in the…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Mixed Methods Research
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2018
Career Technical Education (CTE) teacher recruitment is a challenge that has dogged state CTE leaders for decades. According to a recent survey of State CTE Directors, 98 percent said that increasing access to industry experts is a high priority in their state. And 20.4 percent of rural districts with CTE teacher vacancies report that CTE…
Descriptors: Vocational Education Teachers, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Salaries
Wright, Kimberly S. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation explores how novice teachers currently working in low-income urban charter schools in New Jersey perceive their specific preparation to work in a low-income urban charter school classroom, prior to doing so. In this qualitative study, a semistructured interview was used in an effort to assess the preparedness of 18 teachers based…
Descriptors: Low Income Students, Charter Schools, Teacher Education, Qualitative Research
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Pierce, Kathleen M. – New Educator, 2007
This article discusses what it means to be a beginning teacher from the perspective of four mid-career entrants to the profession. Findings from this ethnographic study suggest that regardless of preservice teacher preparation or school districts' formal induction practices, newcomers experience a dramatic threshold or liminal phase among…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Ethnography, Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction
Academy for Educational Development, 2009
The Academy for Educational Development (AED) sent a research team to Montclair State University (MSU) on September 25-26, 2008 to conduct interviews with individuals who play important roles in the university's teacher preparation program. These interviews, along with additional documentation provided by MSU and identified by the AED research…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Beginning Teacher Induction, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Ganser, Tom; Bainer, Deborah L.; Bendixen-Noe, Mary; Brock, Barbara L.; Stinson, Anne D'Antonio; Giebelhaus, Carmen; Runyon, Charles Kent – 1998
This collection of papers identifies critical issues in mentoring and mentoring programs. Paper 1, "Support Behaviors Among Teachers in Authentic Settings" (Deborah L. Bainer), discusses the following issues: (1) mentoring is just one of the types of support behaviors needed and practiced by teachers in elementary schools; (2) support…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers