Research shows that teachers often
reach their peak effectiveness after five years in the profession.
And the job is made inhumanly difficult because even the fastest - acting insulin currently on the market takes over an hour to
reach peak effectiveness, while a meal begins raising glucose levels within minutes.
Virtually all teachers improve in their early years on the job, most
reaching their peak effectiveness between years 3 and 5;
Structuring retirement plans to reward teachers that only teach for three or four years does not make sense because that would reward teachers who leave before
reaching their peak effectiveness, often to be replaced by someone without any experience.
Not exact matches
And while experience is not a perfect proxy for
effectiveness, research consistently shows that teachers undergo a steep learning curve during the first three years on the job and then gradually
reach a
peak in their fifth year.
Circle (1973) is one of a cycle of very large multiple canvas works Andrews completed the early 70s dealing with both racism and sexism done at an intersectional moment in American history when the civil rights movement, the anti-war movement and the Women's Liberation movement
reached a
peak of visibility and even transformational
effectiveness, as the nation approached its Bicentennial.