Helping early career teachers survive and thrive: Insights from the Teachers of Promise Study

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• Dr Susan Lovett, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
• Thursday 15 October 2009, 16:00-17:30
• Faculty of Education, 184 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 8PQ.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Lyndsay.

Please contact Katie O'Donovan at lfl@educ.cam.ac.uk if you would like to attend.

This presentation offers insights from a study of 57 primary and secondary school teachers who began teaching in 2003. The project has tracked their progress since they gained their full registration in 2005. Data sources are the teachers themselves – their personal beliefs and values; what they think about their careers; their day-to-day work in classrooms and schools; and the place of teaching in their lives. Our concern has been to discover how the work of teaching has turned out in practice; how school contexts have interacted with the teachers’ expectations of teaching; and the opportunities they have had to develop their abilities to assist all children and young people to learn effectively. As a longitudinal study insights have been gained into the reasons why some have decided to stay in teaching while others have lost heart and left. The study includes rich case studies to illustrate the ways in which early career experiences matter for the retention of teachers. The study highlights what sustains those who decide to stay in teaching and whether this includes extending their roles beyond the classroom into early leadership.

This talk is part of the ELPEC Group Seminars series.

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