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PublisherRutgers University Press

ISBN-100813595274

ISBN-139780813595276

eBay Product ID (ePID)14038572993

Product Key Features

Number of Pages186 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameThere Has to Be a Better Way : Lessons from Former Urban Teachers

Publication Year2019

SubjectUrban, Professional Development, General, Elementary, Aims & Objectives, Teaching Methods & Materials / General

TypeTextbook

AuthorLynnette Mawhinney, Carol R. Rinke, Lynnette Mawhinney Gachoki

Subject AreaEducation

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight0.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width5.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2018-010041

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsMawhinney and Rinke's focus on teachers who have voluntarily left classroom teaching prior to retirement is unique. This well-crafted study fills a void in the current literature.

Grade FromEleventh Grade

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal370.9173/2

Table Of ContentContents Foreword Introduction: Walking in Through the Out Door: Professional Trajectories of Urban Teachers PART I: The Dynamics of Teacher Attrition 1 Push and Pull in Career Development PART II: Structural Factors in Teacher Attrition 2 The Struggle is Real: Administrators, Teachers, and The System 3 Wading Through the Waters: Exhaustion, Stress, and Disillusionment with Teaching 4 Where Has All the Job Security Gone? PART III: The Personal and the Professional in Teacher Attrition 5 You Don't Fit Here: Teachers of Color Coping with Racial Microaggressions in Schools 6 Negotiating Gendered and Cultural Expectations on a Teacher's Salary: The Mediating Role of Identity 7 I Just Feel So Guilty: The Role of Emotions in Leaving PART IV: Addressing Teacher Attrition 8 Closing the Revolving Door: Teacher Leavers' Final Lesson for the Profession Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

SynopsisTeacher attrition has long been a significant challenge within the field of education. It is a commonly-cited statistic that almost fifty percent of beginning teachers leave the field within their first five years, to the detriment of schools, students, and their own career development. There Has to be a Better Way offers an essential voice in understanding the dynamics of teacher attrition from the perspective of the teachers themselves. Drawing upon in-depth qualitative research with former teachers from urban schools in multiple regions of the United States, Lynnette Mawhinney and Carol R. Rinke identify several themes that uncover the rarely-spoken reasons why teachers so often willingly leave the classroom. The authors go further to provide concrete recommendations for how school administrators can better support their practicing teachers, as well as how teacher educators might enhance preparation for the next generation of educators. Complete with suggested readings and discussion questions, this book serves as an indispensable resource in understanding and building an effective and productive educational workforce for our nation's students., There Has to be a Better Way offers an essential voice in understanding the dynamics of teacher attrition from the perspective of the teachers themselves. Drawing upon in-depth qualitative research with former teachers, the authors identify several themes that uncover the rarely-spoken reasons why teachers so often willingly leave the classroom., Winner of the 2020 American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award Teacher attrition has long been a significant challenge within the field of education. It is a commonly-cited statistic that almost fifty percent of beginning teachers leave the field within their first five years, to the detriment of schools, students, and their own career development. There Has to be a Better Way offers an essential voice in understanding the dynamics of teacher attrition from the perspective of the teachers themselves. Drawing upon in-depth qualitative research with former teachers from urban schools in multiple regions of the United States, Lynnette Mawhinney and Carol R. Rinke identify several themes that uncover the rarely-spoken reasons why teachers so often willingly leave the classroom. The authors go further to provide concrete recommendations for how school administrators can better support their practicing teachers, as well as how teacher educators might enhance preparation for the next generation of educators. Complete with suggested readings and discussion questions, this book serves as an indispensable resource in understanding and building an effective and productive educational workforce for our nation's students., Winner of the 2020 American Educational Studies Association Critics Choice Book Award? Teacher attrition has long been a significant challenge within the field of education. It is a commonly-cited statistic that almost fifty percent of beginning teachers leave the field within their first five years, to the detriment of schools, students, and their own career development. There Has to be a Better Way offers an essential voice in understanding the dynamics of teacher attrition from the perspective of the teachers themselves. Drawing upon in-depth qualitative research with former teachers from urban schools in multiple regions of the United States, Lynnette Mawhinney and Carol R. Rinke identify several themes that uncover the rarely-spoken reasons why teachers so often willingly leave the classroom. The authors go further to provide concrete recommendations for how school administrators can better support their practicing teachers, as well as how teacher educators might enhance preparation for the next generation of educators. Complete with suggested readings and discussion questions, this book serves as an indispensable resource in understanding and building an effective and productive educational workforce for our nation?s students.

LC Classification NumberLC5131