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Veteran K-6 Public School Teachers: Remaining Committed And Staying Engaged In Their Careers, Leslie Young
Veteran K-6 Public School Teachers: Remaining Committed And Staying Engaged In Their Careers, Leslie Young
CGU Theses & Dissertations
This phenomenological qualitative study involved 15 veteran K-6 public school teachers – each having taught a minimum of 24 years - from several districts in Southern California. It identified and examined what factors influenced the ongoing commitment and engagement of these teachers over the course of their careers. Factors mirrored the study’s theoretical framework and included: 1) the teacher’s challenges, 2) the teacher’s personal characteristics or attributes, and 3) the teacher’s professional life phases.
A majority of the teachers interviewed spoke to the escalation of the environmental challenges they confronted while on the job, such as, student behavior, administrative and …