AAE Survey: Teacher Professionalism |
posted by: Melissa | July 27, 2015, 07:29 PM | ||||||||||||||||||||
The first concept we had to establish was how our members viewed the overall importance and standing of teacher professionalism. We found the following:
“Teachers are viewed as professionals by society at large.” Do you agree with this statement?
How important do you feel it is that teaching be viewed as a profession?
Quite often, stories about teachers, both as individuals and as a group, are highlighted in the news. Overall, do you feel that the types of stories that the news features about teachers, both good and bad, tend to increase or decrease the professional standing of teachers in the eyes of society at large?
We then asked our surveyed members about the most important aspects of teacher professionalism. The greatest majority of the answers related to personal behavior. For example, many members stressed behaviors like “dressing better” or “adjusting tone of voice” as ways to be viewed as more professional. Similar to this, many members surveyed stressed the necessity of teachers having a more positive and professional attitude when dealing with parents, administrators, and the community. There was also a large group that felt that teacher professionalism could not be achieved until there was greater support from the community.
Various themes emerged when tasked with what tools teachers need to advance professionalism. Overall, teachers were interested in engaging more effectively in policy discussions. The next top answers both related to methods on how to work with others. One was collaborating more effectively with colleagues, and another was positive methods of working with administrators. You can see the top results to both questions below:
Teacher professionalism is still critically important to advancing our profession and closing achievement gaps. Moving forward, AAE plans to take the information that we’ve gathered and put it to good use, finding ways to help our members achieve the professionalism that they, and we, desire.
How should teachers advance their professionalism?
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