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What's New

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"The Challenge of Leading Two Generations within the Teachers Union" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, NYC, March 2008,
by Susan Moore Johnson, Morgaen Donaldson, Mindy Sick Munger, John P. Papay and Emily K. Qazilbash
[full text PDF]

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"Teach for America Teachers' Careers: Whether, When and Wy They Leave Low-Income Schools and The Teaching Profession " Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, NYC, March 2008, by Morgaen Donaldson
[full text PDF]

bullet "Leading the Local: Teachers Union Presidents Speak on Change, Challenge," Report published by Education Sector. June 2007,
by Susan Moore Johnson, Morgaen L. Donaldson, Mindy Sick Munger, John P. Papay, and Emily Kalejs Qazilbash
[download full text on Education Sector website]
bullet "Resources for Reform: The Role of Board-Certified Teachers in Improving the Quality of Teaching ," Dissertation, May 2007,
by Jill Harrison Berg
[full text PDF]
bullet "To Invest, Coast or Idle: Second-stage Teachers Enact their Job Engagement," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Cheryl L. Kirkpatrick
[full text PDF]
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"Initiatives and Initiative: Second-stage Teachers' Assessment of Autonomy," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Stacy Agee Szczesiul
[full text PDF]

bullet "Ready and Willing: Second-stage Teachers and Professional Collaboration," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Megin Charner-Laird
[full text PDF]
bullet "All for One, One for All? Early Career Teachers' Experiences with their Teachers' Union in an Urban District," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Emily Kalejs Qazilbash
[full text PDF]
bullet "It's Hard to Go Back: Career Decisions of Second-stage Teacher Leaders," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Sarah E. Fiarman
[full text PDF]
bullet "'Angling for Access, Bartering for Change: How second-stage teachers expereince differentiated roles in schools," forthcoming in Teachers College Press,
by Morgaen L. Donaldson, Susan Moore Johnson, Cheryl L. Kirkpatrick, William H. Marinell, Jennifer Lynn Steele, and Stacy Agee Szczesiul
[full text PDF]
bullet "On Their Own and Presumed Expert: New Teachers' Experiences with Their Colleagues," Teachers College Record, 109(12), 2007,
by Susan M. Kardos and Susan M. Johnson
[full text pdf as it will appear in TCR] [TCR link]
bullet "New Teachers' Experiences of Hiring: Late, Rushed and Information-Poor," Educational Administration Quarterly, 42(3), pp. 324-360, August 2006,
by Edward Liu and Susan Moore Johnson
[full text PDF]
 

Career Patterns & Decisions

bullet "Why New Teachers Leave. . . and Why New Teachers Stay," American Educator, summer 2006,
by Leslie Baldacci, Susan Moore Johnson, and the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers
[full text PDF]
bullet "Who Stays in Teaching and Why:  A Review of the Literature on Teacher Retention," a report sponsored by NRTA's Educator Support Network, January 2005,
by S. M. Johnson, J. H. Berg, & M. L. Donaldson
[full text PDF from NRTA]
bullet"Pursuing a 'Sense of Success': New Teachers Explain their Career Decisions," 
American Educational Research Journal,
40(3), pp. 581-617, Fall 2003,
by S. M. Johnson & S. E. Birkeland 
[full text PDF]

bullet "What Keeps New Teachers in the Swim?" in Journal of Staff Development, 
23(4), 2002, pp. 18-21, Fall 2002,
by S. E. Birkeland & S. M. Johnson
[full text PDF from JSD]
bullet"The Next Generation of Teachers: Changing Conceptions of a Career in Teaching," Phi Delta Kappan, 83(4), pp. 304-311, December 2001
by H. G. Peske, E. Liu, S. M. Johnson, D. Kauffman, & S. M. Kardos
[Summary] [Phi Delta Kappan]

Alternative Certification

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"Life in the Fast Track:  How States Seek to Balance Incentives and Quality in Alternative Teacher Certification Programs," Educational Policy, 19(1), pp. 63-89, January and March 2005
by S. M. Johnson, S. G. Birkeland & H. G. Peske
[Abstract, Sage Publilcations]

bullet "'Faculty are the Backbone': Quality Control in Connecticut's Alternative Route to Certification," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2003
by H. G. Peske
[full text PDF] 
bullet "Meeting Competing Demands: The Shifting Approach to Ensuring Teacher Quality it One Alternative Certification Program Site," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2003
by S. E. Birkeland
[full text PDF] 

Hiring

bullet "New Teachers' Experiences of Hiring: Late, Rushed and Information-Poor," Educational Administration Quarterly, 42(3), pp. 324-360, August 2006
by Edward Liu and Susan Moore Johnson
[full text PDF]
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"Hiring, Job Satisfaction, and the Fit Between New Teachers and their Schools," by Edward Liu, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005
[full text PDF]

bullet"New Teachers' Experiences of Hiring in New Jersey," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2002
by E. Liu
[full text PDF]

Professional Culture

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"On Their Own and Presumed Expert: New Teachers' Experiences with Their Colleagues," Teachers College Record, 109(12), 2007
by Susan M. Kardos and Susan M. Johnson
[full text pdf as it will appear in TCR] [TCR link]

bullet"The Importance of Professional Culture in New Teachers' Job Satisfaction," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005
by Susan M. Kardos
[full text PDF]
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"The Support Gap: New Teachers' Early Experiences in High-Income and Low-Income Schools," Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(61), October 29, 2004
by S. M. Johnson, S. M. Kardos, D. Kauffman, E. Liu, & M. L. Donaldson
[full text, EPAA]

bullet "New Teachers' Experiences of Mentoring, Classroom Observations, and Teacher Meetings: Toward an Understanding of Professional Culture," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA
April 2002 
by S. M. Kardos
[full text PDF]  
bullet "Keeping New Teachers In Mind," in Educational Leadership, 59(6), pp.12-16, March 2002
by S. M. Johnson & S. M. Kardos
[Abstract, ASCD]
bullet "Counting on Colleagues: New Teachers Encounter the Professional Cultures of Their Schools," Educational Administration Quarterly, 37(2), pp. 250-290, April 2001 
by S. M. Kardos, S. M. Johnson, H. G. Peske, D. Kauffman, & E. Liu 
[Abstract, Sage Publications] [Summary] 

Curriculum

bullet "Curriculum Support and Curriculum Neglect: Second-Year Teachers’ Experiences," an NGT working paper, May 2005
by David Kauffman.

[full text PDF]
bullet "Curriculum Prescription and Curriculum Constraint: Second-Year Teachers’ Perceptions," an NGT working paper, May 2005
by David Kauffman.
[full text PDF]
bullet "The Effects of Curriculum Prescription on Second-Year Elementary Teachers’ Sense of Support from Language Arts Curriculum Materials," an NGT working paper, May 2005
by David Kauffman
[full text PDF]
bullet "'Lost at Sea': Without a Curriculum, Navigating Instruction Can Be Tough--
Especially for New Teachers," American Educator, Summer 2002
by D. Kauffman, S. M. Johnson, S. M. Kardos, E. Liu, & H. G. Peske
[full text PDF, AFT]
bullet "A Search for Support: Beginning Elementary Teachers' Use of Mathematics Curriculum Materials," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 2002
by D. Kauffman
[full text PDF]
bullet "'Lost at Sea': New Teachers’ Experiences with Curriculum and Assessment," Teachers College Record, (104)2, March 2002 
by D. Kauffman, S. M. Johnson, S. M. Kardos, E. Liu, & H. G. Peske
[Executive Summary and Full Text] [Summary]

Pay & Incentives

bullet "New Teachers and the Massachusetts Signing Bonus: The Limits of Inducements," Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 26(3), pp. 217-236, Fall 2004  
by E. Liu, S. M. Johnson, H. G. Peske
[full text PDF]
bullet"'Barely Breaking Even': Incentives, Rewards, and the High Costs of Choosing to Teach," NGT Working Paper, July 2000
by E. Liu, S. M. Kardos, D. Kauffman, H. G. Peske, & S. M. Johnson 
[Summary] [full text PDF]

The Second Stage of Teaching

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"To Invest, Coast or Idle: Second-stage Teachers Enact their Job Engagement," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Cheryl L. Kirkpatrick
[full text PDF]

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"Initiatives and Initiative: Second-stage Teachers' Assessment of Autonomy," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Stacy Agee Szczesiul
[full text PDF]

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"Ready and Willing: Second-stage Teachers and Professional Collaboration," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Megin Charner-Laird
[full text PDF]

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"All for One, One for All? Early Career Teachers' Experiences with their Teachers' Union in an Urban District," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Emily Kalejs Qazilbash
[full text PDF]

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"It's Hard to Go Back: Career Decisions of Second-stage Teacher Leaders," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Sarah E. Fiarman
[full text PDF]

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"'Angling for Access, Bartering for Change: How second-stage teachers expereince differentiated roles in schools," forthcoming in Teachers College Press,
by Morgaen L. Donaldson, Susan Moore Johnson, Cheryl L. Kirkpatrick, William H. Marinell, Jennifer Lynn Steele, and Stacy Agee Szczesiul
[full text PDF]

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"On Barren Ground:  How Urban High Schools Fail to Support and Retain Newly Tenured Teachers," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005
by Morgaen L. Donaldson

[full text PDF]

 
bullet"Cracking the Mold: How Second-Stage Teachers Experience Their Differentiated Roles," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005
by Jill Harrison Berg, Megin Charner-Laird, Sarah Edith Fiarman, Anne Jones, Emily Kalejs Qazilbash, and Susan Moore Johnson
[full text PDF]
   
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"Board Certification During Teaching's Second Stage:  Professionalizing Teaching through Differentiated Roles," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005; revised June 2005
by Jill Harrison Berg
[full text PDF]

 

Teachers Unions

bullet "Leading the Local: Teachers Union Presidents Speak on Change, Challenge," Report published by Education Sector. June 2007,
by Susan Moore Johnson, Morgaen L. Donaldson, Mindy Sick Munger, John P. Papay, and Emily Kalejs Qazilbash
[download full text on Education Sector website]
bullet "All for One, One for All? Early Career Teachers' Experiences with their Teachers' Union in an Urban District," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April 2007,
by Emily Kalejs Qazilbash
[full text PDF]
 

    

National Board Certified Teachers

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"Resources for Reform: The Role of Board-Certified Teachers in Improving the Quality of Teaching ," Dissertation, May 2007,
by Jill Harrison Berg
[full text PDF]

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"Board Certification During Teaching's Second Stage:  Professionalizing Teaching through Differentiated Roles," Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada, April 2005; revised June 2005
by Jill Harrison Berg
[full text PDF]

   

General

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Finders and Keepers: Helping New Teachers Survive and Thrive in Our Schools, Jossey-Bass, 2004
by Susan Moore Johnson and The Project on the Next Generation of Teachers

[Table of Contents] [Ordering Information] [Link to Publisher]

bullet "The Support Gap: New Teachers' Early Experiences in High-Income and Low-Income Schools," Education Policy Analysis Archives, 12(61), October 29, 2004
by S. M. Johnson, S. M. Kardos, D. Kauffman, E. Liu, & M. L. Donaldson
[full text, EPAA]
bullet"Retaining the Next Generation of Teachers: The Importance of School Based Support," Harvard Education Letter, July/August 2001 
by S. M. Johnson, S. E. Birkeland, S. M. Kardos, D. Kauffman, E. Liu, & H. G. Peske 
[full text, Harvard Ed Letter]
bullet"Teaching's Next Generation," in Education Week, June 7, 2000 
by S. M. Johnson 
[full text, EdWeek]
 
 

 

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