This book discusses career change teachers: individuals who have switched careers to become classroom teachers. It provides schools, jurisdictions and teacher education institutions with advice on how to support such teachers, and to amplify the qualities they bring to the profession. The book also serves as a guide for those exploring a career change to teaching, regardless of one’s current occupation. Through collaborative research and insights from career change teachers, the book sheds light on what attracts this cohort to teaching and what they bring to the classroom. New research carried out in Australia and the Netherlands provides insights on what countries can do to attract professionals from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) backgrounds to teaching.The book introduces the changing landscape of the teaching profession in Australia before deep diving into the nature, characteristics and contributions of career change teachers. The stories of teachers who began their journey in the classroom are told in the form of case studies through the lens of lived experience. Strategies utilised by teachers to embed real world occurrences in classroom teaching practices are also examined. This cohort of teachers is not immune to the common problems faced by all teachers, and the book discusses specific mechanisms that can be applied to address some of the challenges.This book explores how the leadership experiences, industry connections and skill sets of career change individuals can be valuable to the teaching profession.weiterlesen