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In It For The Long Haul: How Rural Veteran Teachers Persist In The Profession, Dejuanna M. Parker

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Research has determined that experienced teachers are more effective in the classroom; thus, efforts to retain them in the profession becomes an important issue to all stakeholders (Mirza, 2011). The key to retention of this valuable educational coalition lies partly in understanding factors that influence persistence in the profession. Respect, recognition, and connectedness with the community, along with intrinsic rewards, and the “call” to teach are prominent components in veteran teachers’ decisions to remain in the profession (McCoy, 2006). Educational executives may find that understanding these factors may be useful in developing practices to help new teachers become veteran teachers.

2017-2018 Berklee Factbook, Office Of Institutional Research And Assessment

Berklee Factbook

Welcome to the 2017–18 Berklee Factbook. This factbook has been designed by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment as an accessible resource for official Berklee statistics.

In the following pages, you will find valuable data on students, faculty, staff, programming, and tuition. Gathered from many areas throughout the institution, data is shown for Berklee as a whole, as well as for each legacy institution where applicable and available. This data reflects information as of the fall 2017 semester, unless otherwise noted. Data and trends from previous years are available in the appendix.

Facts of particular note include a total …