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A Study Of Professional Development School Program Graduates Through Their First Year As Urban School Teachers, Amy J. Vereen
A Study Of Professional Development School Program Graduates Through Their First Year As Urban School Teachers, Amy J. Vereen
Theses and Dissertations in Urban Services - Urban Education
This year-long study focused on three first-year teachers-in order to examine how they adjusted to their first year, how they developed professionally, and how they changed as teachers. Each teacher possessed characteristics for success in urban schools, and had completed a Professional Development School internship.
Using a self-efficacy test, interviews, and a teacher survey, the three teachers were measured throughout the academic year with regard to their level of readiness to teach, the impact of their Professional Development School training on their work as teachers, self-efficacy, and willingness to continue teaching in an urban setting.
Regarding their level of readiness …