Are They Being Retained: An Analysis of the Effect on the Cumulative New Teacher Retention Rate of the Oklahoma CareerTech New Teacher Induction Process

Scope and method of study. The scope of this study included the 299 new CareerTech teachers, from 27 CareerTech Schools in Oklahoma, which participated in the Oklahoma CareerTech New Teacher Induction Process from 2000-2006. The methodology employed by this study was a mixed-methods approach. This included distributing individual data collection instruments to each of the 27 CareerTech schools requesting descriptive information on the teaching status of induction process participants and 12 in-depth qualitative interviews of participants who had left teaching.

Wonacott (2002) presented a Model for Induction Assistance for beginning
CareerTech teachers that was adapted from Heath- ... Beginning CTE teachers
should also receive a Detailed Orientation providing information and materials on
the ...