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Developing a Teacher Induction Plan
A Guide for School Leaders



December 2005 | 168 pages | Corwin

Help teachers move past the grind of daily survival to the fulfillment of career-long professional development!
 
Imagine someone telling you that, within three years, your new teachers would leave the profession for which they trained so hard. That's what is happening to 30% of today's promising new teachers who are not given the mentoring, direction, and professional development that is so desperately needed to keep them focused and enthusiastic. To handle this growing challenge of teacher attrition, teacher induction experts Barbara L. Brock and Marilyn L. Grady offer a comprehensive program-crafted with school leaders and staff developers in mind-which provides strategies both for supporting beginning teachers, and for retaining and developing these promising, highly qualified teachers.

Written in an accessible workbook style format, this guide covers:

  • Designing a multiyear developmental program including the orientation process, mentoring, directed activities, seminars, and workshops
  • The responsibilities of the induction team
  • Assessment of current issues, including attrition and past retention efforts
  • Program evaluation from initial assessment to the sharing of results

When beginning teachers receive the support they need, not only do they truly contribute to their schools, but they also set out to do what they chose to do-prepare today's students for tomorrow's world.


 
List of Sample Exercises
 
Preface
 
Acknowledgments
 
About the Authors
 
Introduction
 
1. The Players
 
2. Current Problems: Past Practices
 
3. Program Evaluation
 
4. School Culture
 
5. Program Foundation
 
6. The Orientation Component
 
7. The Mentorship Program
 
8. Classroom Management
 
9. Continuous Development
 
10. The Induction Plan
 
Resource A. A Teacher Induction Model
 
Resource B. Resources for Additional Information
 
References
 
Index

"Schools and school systems of any size will find value in this book. Effective teacher induction is essential for those entering the teaching profession, and this book is an excellent guide for retaining and growing those new to our schools."

Frank Buck, Principal
Talladega City Schools, Tallladega, AL
Key features
  • Authors are successful Corwin authors, having written several books for us.
  • Authors work closely in districts in home state as well as regionally
  • Strong interest topic
  • Step-by-step approach that has great practitioner appeal.

Sample Materials & Chapters

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1


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