About my question

Thinking about my question for action research, I narrowed down the concerns I have about new educators at my school. I feel that the support for new educators needs to be aligned so as not to overwhelm the new teacher. I reflect on how easily we can become bogged down with all the demands we have on us from all directions: administrators, district and state mandates, team leaders, instructional coaches, parents and students too. Increasingly, we are seeing students in our classrooms who present challenging behaviors. These behaviors are challenging for veteran teachers. Then I think of how the new teacher feels: excited, idealistic, nervous, anxious, frustrated, and maybe even insecure. How much better would it be to help relieve this stress for them and give support in the area which is the most important and fundamental for the teacher who is just starting out. That is classroom management. Instead of sending NEs to workshops on reading, math and curriculum wouldn't it be more efficient to concentrate on classroom management and the ability to handle the behavioral challenges we meet in the public school classroom?