Activity

The Problem

The teaching occupation suffers from chronic and relatively high annual turnover compared with many other occupations. The turnover problem, although high for the entire teaching occupation, affects beginning teachers more than others. Teaching has always lost many of its newly trained members early in their careers... The data suggest that after just five years between 40 and 50 percent of all beginning teachers have left the profession.

The Question

Why do beginning teachers leave at such high rates?

The Activity

1. Proceed to Wallwisher and brainstorm our thoughts to the question above. (Double-click anywhere to add your sticky note.)
   
   
2. You will be divided into 11 four-person teams (one team will have five people). Get with your team and log into the Visual Ranking Tool. You will sign in using the Teacher ID: NCSU
   
   
3. Log into your team workspace.Your login will be your Team number (for example Team 0 with a space between Team and 0) and your password will be Team 0 (with a space between team and 0).
   
   
4. Discuss your preferences for the order of an item in the list and agree to move items from their original ranking to the new position in the list. To move an item, click and drag it up or down. A blue line indicates where an item will insert in the list. Once the item is ranked, explain your reasoning for the position of the item using the comment boxes. Double-click an item to add a comment. You can compare your ranking with other teams by clicking on the Compare button.
   
   
5. When you are done we will come back together as a group to discuss our work.
   
   
   
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