| According to a study conducted by Muller, Gorrow, and Fiala (2011), nearly 50% of America's beginning teachers exit the profession within their first five years and 17% do not complete their first full year of teaching. Teachers may have an overwhelming amount of obstacles, which can impede them from having a long and successful career in education (Taylor, 2013). Obstacles that can cause teacher attrition in education are low salaries, lack of administrative support, and issues with student discipline. An additional issue that has created high stress situations for many teachers is the emphasis on standardized testing. Regardless of the number of variables that have impacted the adolescent population, the emphasis on standardized test scores and academic achievement has led to increased accountability (Styron & Peasant, 2010). In particular, The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 (2002) has made accountability a priority.;The purpose of this study is to extend the research of previous studies to explore a possible relationship between teachers' personality type and their personal beliefs in their ability to help students in a high school environment. This study provides significant results indicating that teacher resilience and aspirations are correlated. From these results, the conclusion can be drawn that teaching as a profession, considering all the factors that create a high attrition rate, can endure, but with the aspiration to motivate students, teachers, staff members, and parents in pursuit of academic success. |
