Date of Award
1-16-2025
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Educational Leadership, Ed.D.
First Advisor
Timberly Baker
Second Advisor
Heidi Fernandez
Committee Members
Michael Merrie
Call Number
LD 251 .A566d 2024 B78
Abstract
There is a teacher shortage in Oklahoma. To address this teacher shortage, the Oklahoma Department of Education has eased restrictions by providing an alternative pathway into the classroom called emergency-certification. The lack of traditionally prepared teachers entering the profession, coupled with untrained emergency-certified teachers entering the classroom instead, impacts students across the state. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine emergency-certified teachers' perceived sense of self-efficacy regarding their teaching pedagogy and classroom management in a rural Oklahoma district. Ten participants were chosen from six different rural school districts in eastern Oklahoma. Each participant was in either their first or second year of being emergency-certified. These participants shared their sense of self-efficacy regarding their pedagogy and classroom management through semi-structured and focus group interviews. The findings revealed that emergency-certified teachers initially exhibit low pedagogical and classroom management self-efficacy. However, as these teachers accumulate mastery experiences, build quality relationships with their students, and receive support from established systems within their school, their own sense of self-efficacy improves. The findings serve as guideposts for emergency-certified teachers who enter the profession with a low sense of teaching self-efficacy and the school districts that employ them. Key words: Emergency-Certification, Pedagogy, Classroom Management, Rural Community, Self-Efficacy.
Rights Management
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Recommended Citation
Brunk, Matthew J., "A Study of the Sense of Teaching Self-Efficacy Among Emergency Certified Teachers in a Rural Eastern Oklahoma School District" (2025). Student Theses and Dissertations. 1036.
https://arch.astate.edu/all-etd/1036
