To combat the growing challenge of teacher attrition, induction experts Brock and Grady offer a multiyear, step-by-step induction program for retaining and developing beginning teachers.
Discusses the importance of training, supporting, and retaining new teachers, presents a step-by-step process for structuring an induction program, and features a list of replicable induction programs.
These questions are at the heart of Keeping Good Teachers. To answer them, many of the authors in this book have surveyed fellow educators to find out which practices and policies are most beneficial and practical to implement in schools.
From isolation to symphonic harmony: Building a professional development community among teacher educators. ... Mentoring the beginning teacher: Developing professional autonomy through critical reflection on practice.
This book draws together various theoretical and research-based perspectives to examine the institutionalization of mentoring processes for beginning teachers.
This book provides various models of comprehensive programs implemented in school districts around the country and confirms the importance of mentoring to retain teachers, maintain consistency in academic programming, and develop a culture ...
"Les Tickle's work is notable for its solid grounding in excellent fieldwork and the sympathetic voice he gives to teachers. His research in teacher education has helped shape our understanding...
Salisbury-Glennon, J. D., & Stevens, R. J. (1999). Addressing preservice teachers' conceptions of motivation. Teaching and Teacher Education, 15, 741–752. Brewster, C., & Fager, J. (2000). Increasing student engagement and motivation: ...
The book also contains a special emphasis on under-prepared teachers and urban schools-those most in need of effective induction and mentoring and also the group that benefits the most from these types of programmes
Extensively revised to include the latest research, this second edition: Presents step-by-step directions for each part of the program development and implementation process Links induction and mentoring to districtwide goals for improved ...
Average number of minutes per day novice teachers spend teaching each subject in self-contained classes, ... 26 (1.9) Social Studies 15 (0.9) 21 (1.7) * Only teachers who indicated they teach reading/language arts, mathematics, science, ...