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The contributions of the Power/Rothausen model to midcareer development are reviewed and related to other relevant concepts regarding this career stage. Needs for expansion of the model and explication of its counseling implications are also discussed.

This study used path analysis to examine the effects of work-related factors--including principal support, stress, role problems, job satisfaction, and commitment--on 542 Virginia special educators' expressions of intent to stay in teaching. Demographic variables--including teachers of students with emotional disabilities and race and gender of teachers--were treated as exogenous variables. Job satisfaction had a positive direct effect on intention to stay in teaching. Factors w small effects included professional commitment and perceived employability outside teaching. Principal support, stress, and role problems had direct effects on job satisfaction and commitment. Work-related variables should be included in strategies for retaining special educators., * The need to understand what influences special education teachers' commitment and retention is important in this era of teacher shortages. According to the Fifteenth Annual Report to Congress (U.S. [...]