Abstract Title
Why Did They Stay?: Examining Factors Related to Agriculture Educator Decisions to Stay in the Profession
Additional Funding Sources
The project described was supported by the Office of Undergraduate Research at the University of Idaho.
Abstract
A national shortage of agriculture teachers has led to increased pressure for stakeholders in agricultural education to recruit and retain quality teachers. This phenomenological study was conducted with teachers (n = 11) in [State] who had completed at least five years of teaching and had taught continually since joining the profession sometime between 2004 and 2012. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain data related to the shared experience of participants who had all made the choice to stay in agricultural education as a profession. Results indicated the emergence of three factors which contributed to the decision to remain in the profession; Desire to Help Students Succeed, Experiencing Personal Success, and Availability of Support. The results of this study allow us to make recommendations to help teachers who are thinking about leaving the profession to decide to stay.
Why Did They Stay?: Examining Factors Related to Agriculture Educator Decisions to Stay in the Profession
A national shortage of agriculture teachers has led to increased pressure for stakeholders in agricultural education to recruit and retain quality teachers. This phenomenological study was conducted with teachers (n = 11) in [State] who had completed at least five years of teaching and had taught continually since joining the profession sometime between 2004 and 2012. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain data related to the shared experience of participants who had all made the choice to stay in agricultural education as a profession. Results indicated the emergence of three factors which contributed to the decision to remain in the profession; Desire to Help Students Succeed, Experiencing Personal Success, and Availability of Support. The results of this study allow us to make recommendations to help teachers who are thinking about leaving the profession to decide to stay.
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