Award ID :	0335442
Title :	Research on MSP Teacher Recruitment, Induction, Retention
Type :	Award
NSF Org :	EHR
Date :	Sep 10 2003
File :	a0335442
Award Number :	0335442
Award Instr. :	Standard Grant
Prgm Manager :	Janice Earle
Division :	EHR DIRECT FOR EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
Start Date :	Oct 1 2003
Expires :	Sep 30 2008 (Estimated)
Total Amt. :	$2,182,096.00 (Estimated)
Investigator :	Edward Britton WestED
Sponsor :	WestEd
	730 Harrison Street
	San Francisco , CA94107
NSF Program :	1793 MSP-OTHER AWARDS
Abstract :
This research study focuses on issues of teacher induction and retention and will explore these activities in about six MSP projects from among 2-3 MSP cohorts. During the first two years, the researchers will conduct exploratory research activities to identify a set of MSPS having an amount and type of teacher induction that merits further investigation. During this phase of the project, researchers will conduct primarily qualitative research such as document inspection, telephone interviews and exploratory site visits. In years 2-5 researchers will conduct focused case studies of the six selected MSPs and more extensive data collection will be gathered and analyzed. In addition, the five-year project timeline permits a longitudinal investigation that explores phenomena such as program changes and their causes/effects and changes in beginner teachers/ beliefs, knowledge and