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This study explored the relationship between one's personal sense of teacher efficacy and career trajectory. This exploratory study utilized a multiple methods approach, incorporating quantitative and qualitative data provided by participants. The Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale (Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy, 2001) was used as the quantitative survey tool. All participant data was self-reported, and the study design did not incorporate other independent measures.

Three teacher groups were involved: teachers who had stayed in the classroom, teachers who had left the classroom and stayed in the educational system, and teachers who had left the educational system entirely. Each of the thirty participants was at the same career phase (Huberman, 1995) and involved in transescent education.

The quantitative data from the survey clearly demonstrated a significant difference between teachers who had transitioned into other roles in education and the other two participant groups. Moreover, the quantitative and qualitative data suggested a set of factors which shaped personal teacher efficacy and, in turn, affected career trajectory. Finally, the participants who had transitioned into other roles conveyed the most clarity and control when asked to identify their future career plans and predict their future success.

The exploratory nature of this research provided rich data as well as intriguing questions for further study. While the relationship between personal teacher efficacy and career trajectory among the participants was not uniform or completely revealed through this study, it is evident that an understanding of the contexts in which teachers live and work will provide more successful induction and acclimation experiences for new educators. This study suggests the requisite time, opportunities, and resources need to be allocated so the best practices from mentoring and a cohesive professional community may establish the vital foundation essential for teacher retention and career development. It would be most valuable to explore further the life "back story" of those who had transitioned into administrative roles because their data were the most distinctive and their profile was the most optimistic. Finally, additional research into principal efficacy and career trajectory would provide important data with which to contrast the findings of this exploratory work.