1. 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) 2Shapes of p.d. most likely to succeed will be grafted on the ways in which teachers spontaneously go about tinkering in their classrooms

16. 3Decentralize resources 4Include experimental time, collecting data before and after 5Foster 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.