The purpose of this study is to find out the job experience of beginning special teachers who was first appointed to the special education support center and to prepare support plans and teacher education plans for them. The research question was set ...
The purpose of this study is to find out the job experience of beginning special teachers who was first appointed to the special education support center and to prepare support plans and teacher education plans for them. The research question was set as what the job experience of beginning special education teachers who was first assigned to the special education support center. For this purpose, the research participants were 6 beginning special education teachers who were first appointed to the special education support center and in-depth interviews were conducted using a semi-structured questionnaire. As a result of in-depth interview, 4 upper categories, 14 lower categories, and 29 semantic units were derived. Looking at the results of the study, first, beginning special education teachers were disturbed classes while doing itinerant education in a poor class environment. Second, beginning special education teachers working at the special education support center were performing heterogeneous tasks and were experienced identity confusion as a result. Third, beginning special education teachers hoped that experienced teachers would be assigned in the support cente. In addition, based on their experiences, they wanted improvement plans for teacher training institutions’ curriculum and various support plans for beginning special education teachers. Fourth, beginning special education teachers had a lot of difficulties in the special education support center, but they felt rewarded as teachers and showed growth in the process of handling their work. This study is meaningful in that it recognized the job experience of beginning special education teachers working at the special education support center and suggested various ways to help them adapt.