The prospective of the teaching career post-COVID in professional schools 3320

Abstract Description We surveyed instructors to consider their future and assess their likelihood of looking for a new job this school year at the College of Health Sciences and Pharmacy at Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois. About three in ten instructors (30%) say it’s at least somewhat likely they’ll do so, with 11% saying it is extremely or very likely. About seven in ten instructors (70%) say it’s not too likely they’ll look for a new job this year. (2%} who say they will likely retire or stop working in the next year are not included.) Among instructors who say they may look for a new job, 50% say they’re most likely to seek a job outside education. Roughly three-in-ten (32%) say they’ll look for a non-teaching job in education, 28% say they’ll look for a teaching job at another professional school, and 8% say they’ll look for a teaching job in a private school. An additional 20% say it’s most likely they will take some other path. Instructors are about evenly split on whether they would advise a young person starting today to become a teacher—39% say they would, and 61% say they would not. Health sciences instructors are more likely than other teachers to say they’d advise a young person to become a teacher (77% vs. 23% and 22%, respectively). Instructors newer to the job have a different view than those teaching for over a decade. Among those who’ve been teaching for less than five years, 37% say they’d recommend teaching as a career. Funding Sources CTRE Chicago State University Topic Categories Immunology Education and Communication (EDU)