Authors

John Buchanan, University of Technology, SydneyFollow
Anne Prescott, University of Technology, SydneyFollow
Sandra Schuck, University of Technology, SydneyFollow
Peter Aubusson, University of Technology, SydneyFollow
Paul Burke, University of Technology, SydneyFollow
Jordan Louviere, University of Technology, SydneyFollow

Teacher Retention and Attrition: Views of Early Career Teachers

Abstract

The provision and maintenance of quality teachers is a matter of priority for the profession. Moreover, teacher attrition is costly to the profession, to the community and to those teachers who leave feeling disillusioned. There is a need to investigate the experiences of early career teachers to consider how these issues contribute to decisions about staying in or leaving the profession. This paper reports on an aspect of a larger study on teacher retention. It describes and analyses the experiences of teachers participating in the study and highlights implications for teacher retention. The study proposes the notion of ‘resilient stayers’, and how beginning teachers’ resilience might be strengthened and supported. It asks what combination of circumstances in the school and the system, and individual resources of resilience on the part of early career teachers, might maximise the chances of teachers choosing to remain in the profession.

Recommended Citation

Buchanan, J., Prescott, A., Schuck, S., Aubusson, P., Burke, P., & Louviere, J. (2013). Teacher Retention and Attrition: Views of Early Career Teachers. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38(3). https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2013v38n3.9