Sentences with phrase «considered leaving the teaching profession»

Three - quarters of trainee and student and newly qualified teachers (NQTs) say they have already considered leaving the teaching profession, according to a survey by ATL.

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For Rebecca Sellers, who used to teach in the Shelby County Schools but decided to return to Memphis because she believed her skills were needed in the district's high - poverty schools, the experience has led her to consider leaving the profession.

That's quite an accomplishment considering that nationwide, 20 percent of all new teachers leave the classroom within three years, and in urban districts like San Francisco, close to 50 percent of newcomers flee the profession during their first five years of teaching.