ARC Linkage Grant 2008-2012
(with Professor Bruce Johnson; Professor Barry Down; Dr Rosie Le Cornu; Dr Anna Sullivan; Dr Judy Peters; Dr Jane Pearce; Ms Janet Hunter).

The first few years of teaching are difficult for many teachers. Yet research into the ‘problems’ of beginning teachers is nearly exhausted. Few new ideas about how to address these ‘problems’ are emerging.

There is a need for a new generation of collaborative research that investigates how beginning teachers develop resilience and sustain their commitment to teaching. Therefore, this project aims to find out how early career teachers deal with threats to their wellbeing. It will identify what internal strengths and external strategies promote teacher resilience. It will provide the evidence base for interventions that will increase teacher commitment and reduce teacher attrition.

Draft Profile of Conditions Supporting Early Career Teacher Resilience

At this stage, a Draft Profile of Conditions Supporting Early Career Teacher Resilience has been developed and is currently being trialled with schools to check out the veracity of it. This Draft Profile is available at the above link.

Conferences Papers and Presentations

Please find conference papers and presentations generated from this project available at this link.

 Johnson, B., Down, B., Le Cornu, R., Peters, J., Sullivan, A. M., Pearce, J., & Hunter, J. (2010). Conditions that support early career teacher resilience. Refereed paper presented at the Australian Teacher Education Association Conference. Townsville, Qld.