Combating Special Educator Attrition: Mentor Teachers' Perceptions of Job Satisfaction, Resiliency, and Retention

Autor/inn/en	Mrstik, Samantha; Pearl, Cynthia; Hopkins, Rebecca; Vasquez, Eleazar, III; Marino, Matthew T.
Titel	Combating Special Educator Attrition: Mentor Teachers' Perceptions of Job Satisfaction, Resiliency, and Retention
Quelle	In: Australasian Journal of Special and Inclusive Education, 43 (2019) 1, S.27-40 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2515-0731
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Job Satisfaction; Resilience (Psychology); Special Education; Faculty Mobility; Teacher Attitudes; Autism; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; School Districts; Teacher Burnout; Extracurricular Activities; Teaching Experience; Phenomenology; Program Descriptions; Mentors; Secondary School Teachers; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrerverhalten; Autismus; School district; Schulbezirk; Burnout-syndrom; Burnout; Teacher; Teachers; Burnout-Syndrom; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie
Abstract	Special educator attrition is a major problem in the United States (US) and in many countries worldwide. In the present study, we investigated the experiences of 5 highly successful special education teachers serving students with autism spectrum disorder in the central Florida area of the US with particular attention to factors associated with teacher retention. A phenomenological research design was employed to identify factors leading participants to persevere where others have not. A representative sample was included of multiple teachers in classrooms of varying grade levels and school districts across central Florida as part of a funded project by the Office of Special Education Services and the U.S. Department of Education. Findings include that teachers of students with ASD who are involved in extracurricular activities may show a lowered burnout rate. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01