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"Beyond Frustrated": Teacher Perceptions of State Educational Agency Support and Policies During COVID-19

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Abstract

This study draws upon anonymous survey responses from 122 full-time, public-school teachers in a Northeastern U.S. state to examine their perceptions of the level of support and decisions made by the state educational agency (SEA) within their state as they navigated teaching during the pandemic. Findings indicate teachers’ widespread perception of a stark lack of support from their SEA leading to teacher feelings that the SEA made circumstances worse and is out of touch with school and classroom realities. Teachers reported that these perceptions had an overwhelming negative impact on their teaching during the 2020-2021 school year. This study discusses implications for teacher demoralization and attrition at a time when teacher shortages and their negative consequences loom in the U.S.

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