“Well, My Mentor Teacher Says…”: Building Teacher Identities in Pre-service and Early Career English Teachers

• In Event: Roundtable Session II
  In Roundtable Session: Advocacy, Agency, identity, and Self-Efficacy in Teacher Education and Policy and Legislation

Abstract

This presentation continues discussions from our 2024 LRA presentation focused on the creation of teacher identity by pre-service teachers and how certain dispositions may evolve over time. Building upon data collected during the pre-service teachers’ first semester observing secondary English classrooms, extending into their student teaching placements, and following them into the fall as first-year teachers, this presentation discusses how pre-service & early career teachers develop their understandings of their teacher identities.

Authors

• Lindsay Coleman-Taylor, The University of Georgia

• Rebekah J Adams, University of Georgia

• Jamie Jordan Hogan, The University of Georgia

• Sarah Anne Hamner, University of Georgia