Veteran Teacher Resilience by Lee Brantley Shields & Carol A. Mullen

Author:Lee Brantley Shields & Carol A. Mullen
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030539184
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

4.20 Contextual Factors

This section addresses the contextual factors that play a role in the experiences that contribute to veteran teachers’ desire to continue teaching (as per research subquestion 1). Ten contextual factors of retention (e.g., mentoring support) were identified in the analysis of these teachers’ descriptions. These factors, which had an impact on the teachers’ decisions to remain in the classroom according to the interviewees’ testimonies, are identified in Table 4.2. Each factor is accompanied by the number of teachers (out of the 15 we interviewed) who identified it as a contextual factor of retention, with all 15 naming mentoring support, and almost all specifying administrative support and relationships with colleagues, in contrast with the few who mentioned recognized teacher successes and parental support. The factors are accompanied by a sample of the in vivo codes we used to identify these teachers’ experiences, as reported by them. These codes provide context for the role that each of the 10 factors played in the teachers’ decisions to stay. (All the in vivo codes are not listed here so as to avoid repetition.)Table 4.2Contextual factors of retention supported with veteran teacher responses

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