{"title":"Why I No Longer Teach Deaf Students.","authors":"Steven Singer, Leanna Travers, Ashley Peng","doi":"10.1353/aad.2024.a946589","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is a nationwide shortage of qualified Teachers of Deaf (TOD) and teacher attrition is an important component of the shortage. This qualitative research study examines the experiences of thirty-three former TODs in the United States who left their teaching positions in the last decade and the reasons why they resigned. Data sources include open-ended survey questions and focus groups. While TODs experienced the concept of \"the last straw,\" themes in the reasons they exited the field included: (1) Work life's adverse effects on personal well-being, (2) Lack of support from the school community, and (3) Inadequate training in teacher preparation programs. This study brings attention to some TODs' struggles, contextualizes previous quantitative findings about TOD dissatisfaction, and makes recommendations for deaf education to maintain a strong teacher force that effectively serves deaf students.</p>","PeriodicalId":46988,"journal":{"name":"American Annals of the Deaf","volume":"169 4","pages":"372-393"},"PeriodicalIF":1.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"American Annals of the Deaf","FirstCategoryId":"95","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aad.2024.a946589","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"教育学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"EDUCATION, SPECIAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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There is a nationwide shortage of qualified Teachers of Deaf (TOD) and teacher attrition is an important component of the shortage. This qualitative research study examines the experiences of thirty-three former TODs in the United States who left their teaching positions in the last decade and the reasons why they resigned. Data sources include open-ended survey questions and focus groups. While TODs experienced the concept of "the last straw," themes in the reasons they exited the field included: (1) Work life's adverse effects on personal well-being, (2) Lack of support from the school community, and (3) Inadequate training in teacher preparation programs. This study brings attention to some TODs' struggles, contextualizes previous quantitative findings about TOD dissatisfaction, and makes recommendations for deaf education to maintain a strong teacher force that effectively serves deaf students.
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The American Annals of the Deaf is a professional journal dedicated to quality in education and related services for deaf or hard of hearing children and adults. First published in 1847, the Annals is the oldest and most widely read English-language journal dealing with deafness and the education of deaf persons. The Annals is the official organ of the Council of American Instructors of the Deaf (CAID) and of the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools and Programs for the Deaf (CEASD) and is directed and administered by a Joint Annals Administrative Committee made up of members of the executive committees of both of these organizations.
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