{"661282":{"#nid":"661282","#data":{"type":"news","title":"CEISMC Researchers Complete National NSF Study on Retention of Early Career K-12 STEM Teachers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERetaining early career teachers in underserved schools\u0026nbsp;has been the subject of a five-year National Science\u0026nbsp;Foundation (NSF) grant in which researchers from the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ceismc.gatech.edu\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ECenter for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and\u0026nbsp;Computing (CEISMC)\u003C\/a\u003E examined the self-efficacy and social\u0026nbsp;networks of teachers participating in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsfnoyce.org\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ENSF Robert Noyce\u0026nbsp;Teacher Scholarship Program\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ENow in its 20th year, the Noyce program provides funding to\u0026nbsp;universities for scholarships, stipends, and programmatic\u0026nbsp;support to recruit and prepare highly qualified K-12 science and math teachers in high-need school districts.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe exploratory study was conceived by Meltem Alemdar,\u0026nbsp;CEISMC\u0026rsquo;s associate director for educational research and\u0026nbsp;evaluation, who had served as an external evaluator on four different Noyce projects over several years.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe researchers, which included co-principal investigators\u0026nbsp;Jessica Gale, CEISMC senior research scientist, and\u0026nbsp;Christopher Cappelli, former CEISMC senior research scientist now at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,\u0026nbsp;recruited about 160 Noyce Fellows in 50 programs across 30\u0026nbsp;states to participate in the national study.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA new survey was developed using an innovative\u0026nbsp;methodology called social network analysis in which\u0026nbsp;patterns of social ties among network individuals were\u0026nbsp;quantitatively measured. Teachers completed the Teacher\u0026nbsp;Personal Network Survey that asked about their school\u0026nbsp;support structures, personal networks, and attitudes of self-efficacy\u0026nbsp;as related to their Noyce program participation.\u0026nbsp;Follow-up telephone interviews were conducted with a\u0026nbsp;smaller sample of participants.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Some of our results showed that teachers who have more\u0026nbsp;connected networks are more likely to remain in high-need\u0026nbsp;schools,\u0026rdquo; said Alemdar. \u0026ldquo;Additionally, our results showed the importance of expanding teachers\u0026rsquo; networks and the\u0026nbsp;significance of receiving unique types of support from the\u0026nbsp;various people within teachers\u0026rsquo; networks.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOther compelling findings include:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENoyce Teachers\u0026rsquo; Self-Efficacy and Retention:\u003C\/strong\u003E Although self-efficacy was not significantly correlated with retention, correlations were found\u0026nbsp;between teaching self-efficacy and several Noyce program characteristics. This study found positive relationships between Noyce teachers\u0026rsquo; teaching self-efficacy and several Noyce program characteristics: mentorship, high-need pre-service teaching experience, professional learning community participation, being observed by Noyce faculty, and job-finding assistance.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESources of Self-Efficacy:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003EAlthough teaching self-efficacy is associated with many benefits for teachers and students, little is known about how it develops in the early years of a teacher\u0026rsquo;s career. Teachers with less experience reported lower self-efficacy for classroom management and instruction and identified more negative enactive experiences. In interviews, teachers described how sources combined or interacted to influence their self-efficacy. Science teachers reported significantly more negative mastery experiences than mathematics teachers in the sample. Findings contribute to better understandings of the sources of self-efficacy with implications for how best to support teachers in different disciplines and at different stages of their careers.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENoyce Program Characteristics and Retention:\u003C\/strong\u003E This study identified a set of nine characteristics of Noyce programs that were positively correlated with retention. This indicates that when a teacher was exposed to these program characteristics, there was an overall increase in the likelihood that they would remain in a high-need school. Qualitative analysis revealed that teachers identified three major categories of support provided by Noyce programs as increasing their likelihood of retention in high-need schools: support from Noyce faculty, support from the Noyce teacher network, and training and support offered by Noyce programs.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EA detailed summary of results is highlighted in the first\u0026nbsp;chapter of the newly released \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.aaas.org\/resources\/research-practice-preparing-and-retaining-k-12-stem-teachers-high-need-school-districts\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003EResearch in Practice:\u0026nbsp;Preparing and Retaining K-12 STEM Teachers in High-Need\u0026nbsp;School Districts\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E published by the American Association for\u0026nbsp;the Advancement of Science. Alemdar co-led a panel about\u0026nbsp;the book as part of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsfnoyce.org\/2022-noyce-summit\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E2022 Noyce Summit\u003C\/a\u003E that was held in Washington, D.C. in July.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026mdash;Jo\u0026euml;lle Walls\u0026nbsp;and Angelica Jones,\u0026nbsp;CEISMC Communications\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Personal networks and self-efficacy play roles in retention of participants in the NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program."}],"uid":"36247","created_gmt":"2022-09-19 12:39:33","changed_gmt":"2022-10-24 12:30:14","author":"jwalls37","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2022-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"661284":{"id":"661284","type":"image","title":"Cover of Research in Practice publication","body":null,"created":"1663594453","gmt_created":"2022-09-19 13:34:13","changed":"1663594453","gmt_changed":"2022-09-19 13:34:13","alt":"Cover of Research in Practice publication.","file":{"fid":"250499","name":"noyce-teacher-study-book-chapter.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/noyce-teacher-study-book-chapter.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/noyce-teacher-study-book-chapter.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":186469,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/noyce-teacher-study-book-chapter.jpg?itok=uV9ZfmLc"}},"661689":{"id":"661689","type":"image","title":"Meltem Alemdar, CEISMC\u0027s associate director for educational research and evaluation, has served as an external evaluator on four different Noyce projects over several years. 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