Note: / New teachers face many challenges that contribute to the high rate of attrition within theprofession. The principal plays an important role in integrating new teachers and helping themovercome these challenges. This study investigated the challenges of elementary school teacherswith five years of experience or less as well as the relationship between these challenges,principal support, and their intentions to remain in the teaching profession. Results revealed anarray of new teacher challenges such as finding full-time work, working with students withspecial needs, and time management. The study also found that teachers who felt moresupported by their principals were more likely to intend staying in the teaching profession.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.122939 |
| Date | January 2013 |
| Creators | Bastet, Kristen Nicole |
| Contributors | (Supervisor), (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University, McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | project report, Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Education (Learning Sciences). (Faculty of Education.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated., All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Research projects for course-based graduate degrees, alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library |
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