View in EDS PDF Full Text ePub Full Text

Teach & Thrive : Wisdom From an Urban Teacher's Career Narrative

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Teach & Thrive : Wisdom From an Urban Teacher's Career Narrative
Description: Teacher burn out contributes to the epidemic of early career exit. At least half of all new K-12 teachers leave the profession by the time they reach their fifth year of teaching. Conversely, there are urban teachers who survive burn out and thrive as career- long educators. This book results from an in-depth qualitative study that explored one 40-year veteran teacher's career narrative, analyzing how she not only survived the burn out epidemic, but also thrived as a highly effective career-long urban teacher.Part 1 of this book uses a critical socio-political lens is used to guide readers through the complexities of career thrival. Framed within the story of one new urban teacher's typical morning, the book begins with an overview of the socio-political forces that lead to urban teacher burn out. In spite of the obstacles, the more hopeful idea of urban teacher thrival is uncovered through narrative methodology. Part 2 is dedicated to the dynamic narrative of a veteran urban teacher career journey. This inspiring story is related to frameworks established in Part 1, as well as painting a picture of how public education has evolved over the last 40 years, and it's impact on the lives of teachers.Part 3 takes a deeper dive into three salient themes that permeated throughout the participant's story. First hope springs eternal is the idea that sustaining hope supported the teacher's career thrival. Next, the extended education family is the notion that familial-like relationships at school nourished her longevity. The third theme, creative autonomy, reveals that by being empowered with opportunities for curriculum development and instructional decision-making the teacher maintained her passion. This book concludes with recommendations for teachers, educational leaders and teacher educators to develop and maintain thriving teachers.
Authors: Kristina Valtierra
Resource Type: eBook.
Subjects: Education, Urban--United States, Teachers--Job satisfaction--United States, Teacher morale--United States
Categories: EDUCATION / Educational Psychology
Database: eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
FullText Links:
  – Type: ebook-pdf
  – Type: ebook-epub
Text:
  Availability: 0
Header DbId: e000xww
DbLabel: eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost)
An: 1284457
RelevancyScore: 1070
AccessLevel: 6
PubType: eBook
PubTypeId: ebook
PreciseRelevancyScore: 1070.4580078125
IllustrationInfo
ImageInfo – Size: thumb
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$1284457$PDF&s=r
– Size: medium
  Target: https://rps2images.ebscohost.com/rpsweb/othumb?id=NL$1284457$PDF&s=d
Items – Name: Title
  Label: Title
  Group: Ti
  Data: Teach & Thrive : Wisdom From an Urban Teacher's Career Narrative
– Name: Abstract
  Label: Description
  Group: Ab
  Data: Teacher burn out contributes to the epidemic of early career exit. At least half of all new K-12 teachers leave the profession by the time they reach their fifth year of teaching. Conversely, there are urban teachers who survive burn out and thrive as career- long educators. This book results from an in-depth qualitative study that explored one 40-year veteran teacher's career narrative, analyzing how she not only survived the burn out epidemic, but also thrived as a highly effective career-long urban teacher.Part 1 of this book uses a critical socio-political lens is used to guide readers through the complexities of career thrival. Framed within the story of one new urban teacher's typical morning, the book begins with an overview of the socio-political forces that lead to urban teacher burn out. In spite of the obstacles, the more hopeful idea of urban teacher thrival is uncovered through narrative methodology. Part 2 is dedicated to the dynamic narrative of a veteran urban teacher career journey. This inspiring story is related to frameworks established in Part 1, as well as painting a picture of how public education has evolved over the last 40 years, and it's impact on the lives of teachers.Part 3 takes a deeper dive into three salient themes that permeated throughout the participant's story. First hope springs eternal is the idea that sustaining hope supported the teacher's career thrival. Next, the extended education family is the notion that familial-like relationships at school nourished her longevity. The third theme, creative autonomy, reveals that by being empowered with opportunities for curriculum development and instructional decision-making the teacher maintained her passion. This book concludes with recommendations for teachers, educational leaders and teacher educators to develop and maintain thriving teachers.
– Name: Author
  Label: Authors
  Group: Au
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="AR" term="%22Kristina+Valtierra%22">Kristina Valtierra</searchLink>
– Name: TypePub
  Label: Resource Type
  Group: TypPub
  Data: eBook.
– Name: Subject
  Label: Subjects
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Education%2C+Urban--United+States%22">Education, Urban--United States</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Teachers--Job+satisfaction--United+States%22">Teachers--Job satisfaction--United States</searchLink><br /><searchLink fieldCode="DE" term="%22Teacher+morale--United+States%22">Teacher morale--United States</searchLink>
– Name: SubjectBISAC
  Label: Categories
  Group: Su
  Data: <searchLink fieldCode="ZK" term="%22EDUCATION+%2F+Educational+Psychology%22">EDUCATION / Educational Psychology</searchLink>
PLink https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=e000xww&AN=1284457
RecordInfo BibRecord:
  BibEntity:
    Classifications:
      – Code: 370.91732
        Scheme: ddc
        Type: prePub
    Languages:
      – Code: eng
        Text: English
    Subjects:
      – SubjectFull: Education, Urban--United States
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Teachers--Job satisfaction--United States
        Type: general
      – SubjectFull: Teacher morale--United States
        Type: general
    Titles:
      – TitleFull: Teach & Thrive : Wisdom From an Urban Teacher's Career Narrative
        Type: main
  BibRelationships:
    HasContributorRelationships:
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Kristina Valtierra
      – PersonEntity:
          Name:
            NameFull: Kristina Valtierra
    IsPartOfRelationships:
      – BibEntity:
          Dates:
            – D: 01
              M: 01
              Type: published
              Y: 2016
            – D: 10
              M: 11
              Type: profile
              Y: 2016
          Identifiers:
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781681235813
            – Type: isbn-print
              Value: 9781681235820
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781681235837
            – Type: isbn-electronic
              Value: 9781806609819
          Titles:
            – TitleFull: Teach & Thrive : Wisdom From an Urban Teacher's Career Narrative
              Type: main
ResultId 1