"Tell Me What I Need to Know": Novice Teachers' Experiences During COVID-19

• In Event: Teachers' Lives and Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

To support novice teachers, we need to listen to and honor their experiences in the classroom. This is true even during the best of times, and especially true amid the tumultuous teaching and learning experiences brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this paper, we discuss emergent themes from interviews with student teachers (STs) and early-career teachers (ECTs) about their experiences during the spring 2020 transition to remote teaching in response to COVID-19. We explore how STs and ECTs experienced the stress of pandemic teaching, what they found supportive, and how their experiences can inform the care-full practices in teacher educator programs and university-based induction programs.

Authors

• Angela W. Webb, James Madison University

• Jennifer Jo Baumgartner, Louisiana State University

• Amber N. Smith, University of Missouri