This three-year, $984,603 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) aims to investigate factors influencing the effectiveness and retention of secondary mathematics teachers in high-need school districts. The project, conducted by San Jose State University Research Foundation, seeks to identify individual, interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy factors that shape early-career teachers' enactment of effective and equitable mathematics instruction, as well as their decisions to stay, move, or leave the profession. The research will collect data from at least 500 single-subject credential program completers during their first five years of teaching in California. The findings will inform recommendations to strengthen the connections between teacher preparation and induction programs to support long-term retention and high-quality mathematics teaching in high-need schools.
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