How the career entry of teachers is influenced by school culture
ABSTRACT
This paper deals with the career entry of teachers and shows the areas of tension of this important phase. Dealing with school, teaching and education in the right way requires finding suitable strategies and implies their location-specific adaptation. Experienced school culture, thus, becomes a main motive in the finding process of career starters. Enjoyment of the work, on the one hand, and doubts about its quality, on the other, go hand in hand in this delicate phase. For the protagonists, becoming an equal member of a teaching staff outlines a sensitive field of tension in which their own demands and resources require a good balance. This article first deals with the concepts of autonomy and school culture, which are relevant for those entering the profession, and in the second part addresses the issue of the various challenges of entering the teaching profession on the basis of a selected study.
Keywords: teachers, career entry phase, professional demands, school culture