Developing a Teacher Induction Plan

A Guide for School Leaders
Barbara L. Brock - Creighton University, USA
Marilyn L. Grady - University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
Developing a Teacher Induction Plan
December 2005 | 168 pages | Corwin
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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.

Contents

List of Sample Exercises

List of Sample Exercises

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

1. The Players

1. The Players

2. Current Problems: Past Practices

2. Current Problems: Past Practices

3. Program Evaluation

3. Program Evaluation

4. School Culture

4. School Culture

5. Program Foundation

5. Program Foundation

6. The Orientation Component

6. The Orientation Component

7. The Mentorship Program

7. The Mentorship Program

8. Classroom Management

8. Classroom Management

9. Continuous Development

9. Continuous Development

10. The Induction Plan

10. The Induction Plan

Resource A. A Teacher Induction Model

Resource A. A Teacher Induction Model

Resource B. Resources for Additional Information

Resource B. Resources for Additional Information

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

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.

Contents

List of Sample Exercises

List of Sample Exercises

Preface

Preface

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

About the Authors

Introduction

Introduction

1. The Players

1. The Players

2. Current Problems: Past Practices

2. Current Problems: Past Practices

3. Program Evaluation

3. Program Evaluation

4. School Culture

4. School Culture

5. Program Foundation

5. Program Foundation

6. The Orientation Component

6. The Orientation Component

7. The Mentorship Program

7. The Mentorship Program

8. Classroom Management

8. Classroom Management

9. Continuous Development

9. Continuous Development

10. The Induction Plan

10. The Induction Plan

Resource A. A Teacher Induction Model

Resource A. A Teacher Induction Model

Resource B. Resources for Additional Information

Resource B. Resources for Additional Information

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

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A Guide for School Leaders


December 2005 | 168 pages | Corwin

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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.


Table Of Contents:

  • 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

Recent Product Reviews:

"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

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