1. C&S563--Class #4
Career Stages and
CBAM

2. Career Cycle Don’t move through the stages in a lock-step fashion.
Our personal life affects us.
Our environment affects us.
(See handout)

3. Preservice Period of preparation Course Work Field Observations
Student Teaching/Interning

4. Induction: Years 1 & 2 Socialized into the system
Strive for acceptance by students, peers, and supervisors
Attempt to achieve a comfort and security level in dealing with everyday problems

5. Competency Building Strive to improve teaching skills and abilities
Seek out new materials, methods, and strategies
Receptive to new ideas
See job as challenging and eager to improve

6. Enthusiastic and Growing
Have realized high level of performance
Constantly seeking new ways to enrich their teaching
Supportive and helpful in identifying professional development needs

7. Career Frustration Frustrated and disillusioned
Occurs midpoint in career
Burnout!

8. Stable and Stagnant Resolved to “doing the time”
Do what is expected only
Not committed to pursuit of excellence and growth
Participate at surface level

9. Career Wind Down Preparing to leave profession Often, a pleasant time
For some, a bitter time
Can last several years or a matter of weeks

10. Career Exit Retirement,child rearing, etc.
Usually a complete disconnect from the school

11. Important to note Stages are not linear
Personal and environmental environments can affect stage

12. Organizational Environment
Supportive environment will reinforce, reward and encourage
Look at list. How have some organizational issues listed made an impact on teachers you know, perhaps yourself?

13. Some reasons for dissatisfaction
Lottery of pupils
Department head or principal
Folly of school district choice of a program (e.g. reading, science)

14. Predictors of Satisfaction
Tinkering
Involved in school-wide innovation
Slight,spontaneous role shift
Experience of achieving significant results in classroom

15. Assumptions
Best scenario for satisfactory career development is through a craft model (artisans)
Shapes of p.d. most likely to succeed will be grafted on the ways in which teachers spontaneously go about tinkering in their classrooms

16. Decentralize resources
Include experimental time, collecting data before and after
Foster collaboration that respects one’s work as an artisan

17. Personal Environment
Look at the list. How can issues listed change a person’s career stage, positively or negatively?

18. Concern-Based Adoption Model
See handout and note the stages of concern whenever an innovation is presented.