Students, faculty and staff are invited to the September 3 Public Forum presentation by Dr. Rebecca Kinsey and Dr. Stacie Merken. The talk is titled: “Predicting Career Commitment for Educators during COVID-19.”
The event will be held from noon until 1 pm in DW1190.
This talk is part of a year-long Public Forum series hosted by the Women’s and Gender Studies Program.
For more information on this event, please contact the Director of Women’s and Gender Studies, Dr. Christina Gerken – cgerken@iusb.edu
Abstract:
We recruited 249 K-12 and college educators in June and July 2020. Participants completed measures of overall perceived stress, workplace stress, work meaning, and career commitment along with a demographics questionnaire. We also gathered data about length of time educators had to transition to virtual learning. We hypothesized educators who had higher rates of stress would be less committed to their careers compared to those with lower rates of stress. In addition, we predicted educators who had more perceived meaning in their work would be more committed to their careers compared to those lower in work meaning. Findings and implications will be discussed.