The goal of the project is to study the retention and persistence of MTFs beyond their teaching commitment in comparison non-MTFs and to in relation to their:
- self-efficacy for teaching
- leadership skills
- diversity dispositions
- school-work environment
- social networks
Presentations and Publications:
14. Ekmekci, A., Aqazade, M., Gibson, D.J, & Rushton, G. (under review). Measuring teachers’ motivational and behavioral traits: Validation of instruments for professional development and program evaluation.
13. Ekmekci, A., Aqazade, M., McGraw, R., Rushton, G., Gibson, D., Cerosaletti, C., & Daley, M. (under review). Exploring the impact of Noyce master teaching fellowship programs on teacher retention: The role of motivation, leadership, and school-work environment.
12. Aqazade, M., & Ekmekci, A. (accepted). How do mathematics teachers describe teacher leadership and teacher leaders’ responsibilities? The 2024 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.
11. Ekmekci, A., Aqazade, M., Gibson, D. J., & Rushton, G. (accepted). Instruments for professional development and program evaluation measuring teachers’ motivational and behavioral traits. The 2024 Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association. Philadelphia, PA.
10. Aqazade, M., Daley, M., Ekmekci, A., Callard, C., Gibson, D., Renzaglia, K., McGraw, R., Rushton, G., Sheppard, P., & Harel, G. (2023, June). Science and mathematics teacher retention: A collective analysis and comparison between master teachers and other teachers. Poster presented at the 2023 Noyce Annual Noyce Summit, Washington, D.C.
9. Aqazade, M., & Ekmekci, A. (2023). Voices from the field: Teachers’ perceptions of who teacher leaders are and what they do. In P. Blikstein, J. Van Aalst, R. Kizito, & K. Brennan (Eds.), Proceedings for the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 1800–1801). Montreal, QC: Concordia University & Dawson College.
8. Ekmekci, A., Aqazade, M., & McGraw, R. (2023). Science and mathematics teacher retention: A collective analysis and comparison between Master Teachers and other teachers. In P. Blikstein, J. Van Aalst, R. Kizito, & K. Brennan (Eds.), Proceedings for the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (pp. 1802–1803). Montreal, QC: Concordia University & Dawson College.
7. Ekmekci, A., Gibson, D., Aqazade, M., Renzaglia, K., Callard, C., McGraw, R., Rushton, G., Sheppard, P., & Harel, G. (2023, October). Comparison between Master Teaching Fellows (MTFs) and non-MTFs: STEM teacher retention and related factors. 2023 Midwest Noyce Regional Conference, St. Louis, MO.
6. Ekmekci, A., Reid, J., Aqazade, M., Rushton, G., Cerosaletti, C., & Reeder, A. (2023, March). Differences in teaching and leadership network characteristics between Master Teaching Fellows (MTFs) and non-MTFs. Paper presented at 2023 Western Regional Noyce Network Conference, Sacramento, CA.
5. Ekmekci, A., Aqazade, M., Callard, C., Gibson, D., Rushton, G., & McGraw, R. (2022). The role of self-efficacy, leadership, school-work environment, diversity beliefs, and social network in teacher retention. In A. E. Lischka, E. B. Dyer, R. S. Jones, J. N. Lovett, J. Strayer, & S. Drown, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1004–1005). Nashville, TN: Middle Tennessee State University.
4. Ekmekci, A., Aqazade, M., Callard, C., Gibson, D., Rushton, G., McGraw, R., Catanese, D., Cerosaletti, C., Daley, M., Harel, G., Head, M., Orcan, B., Papakonstantinou, A., Reid, J., Renzaglia, K., Sheppard, P., & Soto, O. (2022, February). Teacher retention: The role of self-efficacy, leadership, and network. Poster presented at 2022 Midwest Noyce Regional Conference, Cave City, KY.
3. Ekmekci, A., Aqazade, M., Catanese, D., & Soto, O. (2022, March). Factors impacting science and mathematics teacher retention. Paper presented at 2022 Western Noyce Regional Conference, San Diego, CA.
2. Ekmekci, A., Aqazade, M., Papakonstantinou, A., Orcan, B., Catanese, J., Callard, C., Cerosaletti, C., Daley, M., Rushton, G., Reid, J., Gibson, D., Renzaglia, K., McGraw, R., Sheppard, P., Head, M., Harel, G. & Soto, O. (2022). The associations of social and motivational factors to science and mathematics teacher retention. In E. Langran (Ed.), Proceedings of 2022 Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 914–920). San Diego, CA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
1. Ekmekci, A., Callard, C., Daley, M., McGraw R., Gibson, D., Renzaglia, K., & Rushton, G. (2022, July). How do Self-efficacy, leadership, teacher-school fit, and diversity dispositions relate to retention? Poster presented at the 2022 Annual Noyce Summit, Washington, D.C.
