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 * Teacher Retention Issues:**

1. What makes a good teacher? 2. What makes one want to become a (good) teacher? 3. What makes a good teacher want to stay teaching?


 * Resources:**

1. Neat article, full text online: Graduate teacher motivation for choosing a job in education. By: De Cooman, Rein; De Gieter, Sara; Pepermans, Roland; Du Bois, Cindy; Caers, Ralf; Jegers, Marc. International Journal for Educational & Vocational Guidance, May2007, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p123-136, 14p, 4 charts; DOI: 10.1007/s10775-007-9117-5; (AN 25904939) (by Lemoyne)

2. A summary of an interesting article can be found at [|http://www.publicagenda.org/press/press_release_detail.cfm?list=84] The study found that secondary teachers are "less likely to say they regard teaching as a long-term career choice." Perhaps this would be an interesting question to ask our scholars. (by Lemoyne)

3. [|http://www.teachforamerica.org/about/our_team.htm] (by Jessica)

4. SITE-AACE Digital library has 42 articles on communities of practice. [|http://www.editlib.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reader.SearchResults&search_query=AND%28communities%2Cof%2Cpractice%29&SEARCH_STRING=communities%20of%20practice&CFID=6070697&CFTOKEN=20556058] Most of them are related to learning, but I think some might be relevant to what we are looking at. (by Martha)

5. [|http://retainingteachers.com/] (by Lemoyne)

6. [|http://teaching.berkeley.edu/goodteachers/] (by Lin)