Beng Huat See, Durham University Evidence Centre for Education, UK
Leslie Blanchard, Leadership Development Institute, Louisiana State University, USA
Kulwinder Maude, Durham University Evidence Centre for Education, UK
David Kryštof, Institute of Lifelong Learning, Mendel University, Czech Republic
Christine Callender, University College London, IOE, UK
Samantha Wilkes, Leeds Trinity University, UK
Introduction
One of the challenges facing many education systems in the world is a shortage of qualified teachers, partly the result of people leaving the profession prematurely. Teaching has often been characterised as an occupation with a high level of turnover, especially among new teachers (e.g. DfE, 2019b; Ingersoll and Perda, 2008; Ingersoll and Strong, 2011; Lortie, 1975). This is a global issue. In the USA, around 40 to 50 per cent of new teachers leave within the first five years of entry into teaching (Sutcher et al., 2016). In England, among the secondary teachers who qua
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This sounds so promising and would certainly benefit many line managers in the profession, enabling them with such a tool to develop our ECTs with self-awareness, in fact, I think many of us would benefit from this to reinvigorate our own practice. Looking forward to seeing something such as this in practice, and would be more than happy to be a pilot school in a larger study.
Dear Sam,
My apologies for seeing this reply so late. I am so glad to know that have found our study interesting. We are looking for partner schools in order to expand our study. Please get in touch with me at kulwinder.maude@durham.ac.uk. I would be very happy to have you on board.
Many thanks,
Kulwinder