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September 14, 2019Exceptional Children

Predicting Special Educators’ Intent to Continue Teaching Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders in Self-Contained Settings

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EBElizabeth BettiniBoston University MCMichelle M. CummingBall State University KOKristen Merrill O’BrienGeorge Mason University

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Survey study uncovers key working conditions predicting retention in special educators teaching emotional or behavioral disorders, highlighting planning time and resources as critical targets.

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To identify which working conditions predict special educators' intent to continue teaching students with emotional or behavioral disorders in self-contained settings.
Analyzed national survey data from special educators serving students with emotional or behavioral disorders in self-contained classrooms.
Used structural equation modeling to test mediation pathways linking specific working conditions to stress, emotional exhaustion, and intent to leave.
Adequacy of planning time, workload manageability, stress, and emotional exhaustion significantly mediated the relationship between workplace conditions and retention intent.
Teachers reporting more outside planning hours, supervision of more paraprofessionals, scarce curricular resources, and heterogeneous instructional groups experienced higher workload strain, emotional exhaustion, and intent to quit.

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Bettini et al. (2019) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83d00c8dcee831255bd0c9 https://doi.org/10.1177/0014402919873556

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Survey study uncovers key working conditions predicting retention in special educators teaching emotional or behavioral disorders, highlighting planning time and resources as critical targets.

Predicting Special Educators’ Intent to Continue Teaching Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders in Self-Contained Settings

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Predicting Special Educators’ Intent to Continue Teaching Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders in Self-Contained Settings

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