Download or read book An Investigation of the Relationship Between Factors of Beginning Teachers Development Within a Mentor based Induction Program written by James Davis and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation was a quantitative, correlational study that examined the impact of the mentor component of a mentor-based induction program on three factors of new teacher development and support. The focus of this study was on beginning teachers participating in a district-supported mentoring program designed to support and acclimate teachers to the role of professional teacher as well as to support and acclimate teachers to the policies, procedures, and culture of the district. A convenience sample totaling 130 teachers at a large urban school district in southeast Georgia participated in this study. The participants represented varied levels of degree completion, grade levels taught, and ages of teacher. These teachers voluntarily completed the Teacher Efficacy, Perception of Mentor, and Commitment Survey, which consisted of three sections that focused on each of the three focal factors outlined in this research. The survey included a combination of multiple choice items and Likert-scale responses taken from the Georgia State Induction Phase Teacher Survey and the Teachers' Sense of Efficacy Scale. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the sample's demographics, questionnaire items, and scale scores. Findings indicated no statistically significant relationship between the teachers' perceptions of their mentors and their commitment to teaching. There was, however, a small, but statistically significant, positive relationship between teachers' perceived teaching self-efficacies and their commitment to teaching.
Download or read book Teacher Induction and Mentoring written by Juanjo Mena and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-01-01 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws together various theoretical and research-based perspectives to examine the institutionalization of mentoring processes for beginning teachers. Teacher induction, defined as the guidance provided to new teachers, is increasingly gaining traction as a key stage in promoting quality education. Major efforts have been put into reducing transitional challenges from being a student teacher to a practicing teacher; optimizing professional relationships and socialization into school dynamics; and increasing teacher retention. Mentoring has been proven to add benefits in assisting beginning teachers during the early years of their teaching career, because it provides the required knowledge and skills to face uncertain school scenarios and the complexities of practice. However, teacher induction programs are not part of regular instruction in many countries. The lack of teacher training during the induction phase might result in lower levels of commitment, professional isolation, or even attrition. This book calls for more concrete mentoring processes for early career teachers, and questions how this can be put into practice.
Download or read book Reconceptualizing Early Career Teacher Mentoring as Reggio Inspired written by Christina Hanawalt and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-04-20 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconceptualizing Early Career Teacher Mentoring as Reggio-Inspired presents an innovative approach to early career art teacher mentoring informed by both the philosophy of Reggio Emilia and an ontology of immanence while simultaneously illuminating the experiences of the teacher-participants as co-inquirers within the contemporary milieu of public education in the United States. Readers are invited to travel with a group of teacher educators and early career PK-12 art teachers across a four-year journey to experience the evolving nature of a collaborative inquiry through mentoring-as-research, the Teacher Inquiry Group (TIG). The authors share significant insights regarding what it means to be an early career art teacher––especially in an educational climate steeped in neoliberal agendas, standardization, and accountability––and make potent suggestions for re-visioning entrenched approaches to mentoring and professional learning that better account for the inherent complexities of teaching in schools. Advocating for more complex understandings regarding teacher subjectivity and the contextual forces at work in schools, the authors provoke an expanded vision of how mentoring can be imagined, practiced, and lived in current educational contexts. The authors employ key orientations grounded in the Reggio Emilia philosophy to reimagine an under-researched and undertheorized area of study in art education-––early career teacher mentoring––that has implications for teachers at all levels and across all disciplines. This volume is essential reading for scholars and professionals across the fields of art education, teacher preparation, teacher education, and mentoring. It will appeal to educational researchers, K-12 practitioners, teacher educators, and administrators working with new teachers, as well as those interested in mentoring, Reggio Emilia, professional learning and development, art and aesthetic education, and emergent, process-oriented research methodologies.
Download or read book Past Present and Future Research on Teacher Induction written by Jian Wang and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2010-07-16 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology on teacher induction research is intended for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of teacher induction both nationally and internationally. This book is the final and major project of the Association of Teacher Educators' (ATE) Commission on Teacher Induction and Mentoring. Its importance is derived from three sources: (1) careful conceptualization of teacher induction from historical, methodological, and international perspectives; (2) systematic reviews of research literature relevant to various aspects of teacher induction including its social, cultural, and political contexts, program components and forms, and the range of its effects; (3) substantial empirical studies on the important issues of teacher induction with different kinds of methodologies that exemplify future directions and approaches to the research in teacher induction. The content of the book has direct implications for ATE's membership since part of the ATE mission is to provide opportunities for personal and professional growth of the Association membership whether members are researchers, policy makers, or practitioners in teacher learning and/or teacher induction.
Download or read book Mentors in the Making written by Betty Achinstein and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book QUALITY BEGINNING TEACHER INDUCTION PROGRAMS AN EFFORT TO RETAIN TEACHERS written by Heather Rose Lancaster and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to evaluate beginning teacher supports in order to discover the most successful components in retaining beginning teachers. The Local Education Agency (LEA) that participated in this study includes rural school settings as well as schools located in more urbanized areas of the district. Beginning teachers with two to six years of teaching experience were asked to participate in this study, as well as beginning teacher mentors, and school administrators within the participating LEA. This study revealed the major finding that strong, supportive relationships between the beginning teacher and the beginning teacher mentor, administrators, and other school staff is a major reason why beginning teachers decide to remain in their classroom. There were other themes identified in this study that provide a better understanding as to why beginning teachers remain in the classroom. Based on the analyzed feedback from this study, suggestions for improving the beginning teacher induction program include ensuring meaningful pairings and physical proximity of beginning teacher and beginning teacher mentor and reevaluation of the program requirements for first year teachers. These findings will hopefully serve as a plan for educational leaders to effectively support and retain beginning teachers in the classrooms. Improvements for the beginning teacher induction program and teacher preparation programs are suggested in an effort to help increase retention rates among our beginning teachers, with the ultimate goal of increasing overall student achievement. These suggestions are based on research results from this study.
Download or read book The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision written by Sally J. Zepeda and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative guide to educational supervision in today’s complex environment The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision offers a comprehensive resource that explores the evolution of supervision through contributions from a panel of noted experts. The text explores a wealth of topics including recent and dramatic changes in the complex context of today’s schools. This important resource: Describes supervision in a historical context Includes a review of adult learning and professional community Reviews new teacher preparation and comprehensive induction systems Contains perspectives on administrative feedback, peer coaching and collaboration Presents information on professional development and job-embedding learning Examines policy and implementation challenges in teacher evaluation Written for researchers, policy analysts, school administrators and supervisors, The Wiley Handbook of Educational Supervision draws on concepts, theories and research from other closely related fields of study to enhance and challenge our understanding of educational supervision.
Download or read book What Successful Mentors Do written by Cathy D. Hicks and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2004-11-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Be the best mentor you can be with these state-of-the-art strategies! How can you relate all of your teaching experience to a new teacher? Working from decades of experience, the authors of this guide offer sensible strategies to help mentors help new teachers. The authors synthesize theory and practice to show mentors how to: Increase new-teacher support, success, and retention Guide teachers in their relationships and classroom strategies Improve their own mentoring approach Avoid common mentoring pitfalls
Download or read book Comprehensive Mentoring Programs for New Teachers written by Susan Villani and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2009-06-17 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The author has done an excellent job of highlighting the key aspects of a comprehensive induction program and offers rich examples across urban, rural, and suburban setting. Anyone interested in developing induction programs that both support and accelerate beginning teacher development should read this book. —Ellen Moir, Executive Director New Teacher Center, University of California, Santa Cruz "State level policy makers can take a positive step forward by providing every district and school leader with a copy of this book. Expertly organized and written, Villani′s work provides answers to school leaders′ key questions regarding establishing a comprehensive induction/mentoring program. Readers will keep the book within reach as a most valued resource." —Stephanie Hirsch, Executive Director National Staff Development Council "A significant addition to the literature on mentoring in the education profession. 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 of continuous improvement in professional practice." —Gail Connelly, Executive Director National Association of Elementary School Principals "Susan Villani presents comprehensive mentoring programs as catalysts for school improvement and reflective practice. With a wealth of tools and models for establishing effective programs, this book addresses cultural competence, peer coaching, and retention of math, science, and special education teachers. Villani′s framework will strengthen professional learning communities and improve the effectiveness of our most valuable resource—teachers." —Mary Forte Hayes, Executive Director Massachusetts Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Establish a quality comprehensive mentoring program and improve teacher retention rates! This updated edition of Mentoring Programs for New Teachers outlines mentors′ roles, mentor preparation, and the ways comprehensive mentoring programs support new teachers and educators. Readers will find: Descriptions of 18 successful real-world, comprehensive mentoring programs on the state, district, regional, and national level A list of 5 factors to consider when developing a comprehensive mentoring initiative A rubric based on seven components of comprehensive mentoring programs New material for supporting special education, math, and science teachers Resources to use in program development or revision
Download or read book Teacher Induction Policy in Global Contexts written by Jian Wang and published by IAP. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teacher induction is becoming increasingly important focus of education policy developed to help beginning teachers develop professionally and stay in teaching work force as a way to meet the needs of global economy and social transformation for teaching quality and student learning in many countries. Policy borrowing is a common practice in teacher induction across different countries, Such a policy borrowing allow policymakers in particular countries to access different options and choices in their policy development instead of trial and error. However, it is often done without a careful policy analysis as its base, especially, the analysis that focuses on the problems the borrowed policy intends to solve, social, political, and educational contexts in which it develops, explicit and implicit conceptual assumptions underlying it, its implementation and associated challenges, and its intended and unintended impacts. Without such an analysis as its base, the implementations of policy borrowed from other countries can causes unnecessary financial, human resource, and emotional costs in its context, even if the policy prove to be successful in the other place. This book serves for such needs of policy analysis in the field of teacher induction. It starts with the book editor’s overview of the book and its intention. Then, there are 16 chapters each is written by a distinguished scholar or a policy analyst from a particular country that analyzes the focuses, contexts, assumptions, implementation, challenges, and consequences of a specific teacher induction policy developed in their home country and then raise important research questions emerging from their analysis. The book is expected to attract readers including scholars, policy makers, practitioners, and graduate students in different countries who have interests in teacher induction research, policy, and practice.
Download or read book Handbook of Research on Professional Development for Quality Teaching and Learning written by Petty, Teresa and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2016-06-16 with total page 859 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As educational standards continue to transform, it has become essential for educators and pre-service teachers to receive the support and training necessary to effectively instruct their students and meet societal expectations. However, there is not a clear consensus on what constitutes teacher effectiveness and quality within the education realm. The Handbook of Research on Professional Development for Quality Teaching and Learning provides theoretical perspectives and empirical research on educator preparation and methods for enhancing the teaching process. Focusing on teacher effectiveness and support provided to current and pre-service educators, this publication is a comprehensive reference source for practitioners, researchers, policy makers, graduate students, and university faculty.
Download or read book Study of Induction Programs for Beginning Teachers The problem of beginning teachers a digest of helping programs written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leading the Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program written by Barry W. Sweeny and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A must-read for anyone interested in ensuring the ongoing effectiveness of teacher induction and mentoring. Sweeny mentors the reader by sharing details from his two decades of developing and leading high-impact mentoring programs. I′ve improved my own effectiveness by employing these insightful strategies." —Hal Portner, Educational Consultant Author of Mentoring New Teachers "Offers many suggestions and guiding principles for organizing mentoring programs and succinctly addresses many complex issues of program development and interpersonal relationships in mentoring roles. There is so much information in an easy-to-read, direct presentation." —Lori Helman, Professor of Curriculum and Instruction University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Develop a high-impact training and mentoring program that strengthens teacher and student performance! While resources are abundant for helping the mentor and the new teacher, very little has been written to guide the leaders of teacher and mentor development. In Leading the Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program, Second Edition, Barry W. Sweeny provides an effective, proven model for developing, implementing, evaluating, and sustaining an induction and mentoring program that results in highly qualified teachers. A nationally known mentoring expert, the author offers comprehensive guidance and a wealth of practical strategies that allow leaders to support mentors and novice teachers and to promote school improvement and professional development initiatives. 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 teaching practice and increased student achievement Includes sample schedules, templates, and reproducible forms Provides solid recommendations for avoiding pitfalls and increasing program effectiveness Ideal for principals, district administrators, teacher trainers, and mentor leaders, this resource offers essential tools for designing and implementing a new induction and mentoring program or improving an existing one.
Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mentoring in Education written by Cedric Cullingford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mentoring has become a hot topic in a number of professional spheres in recent years, but its most important and longest-established location is in education. However, this volume is the first wide-ranging academic critique of the concept and its application. Offering both a critical and a practical stance, the authors examine the historical and cultural aspects of mentoring and the motivations behind it. They also explore the effects on the individuals involved and on the system, and examine the different approaches to the idea and implementation of mentoring. Drawing contributions from Europe, the USA and the Middle East, this work considers a wide range of empirical studies of mentoring from those countries that have invested in it, including case studies and analyses of current practice. The book makes a major contribution, not only on account of the international perspective it provides but also through analysis of cases in order to establish the difference between the much-vaunted theoretical advantages promoted by policy makers and the everyday realities and complexities that arise in a scheme entirely dependent on personal relationships.
Download or read book Investigating the Development of Mentors Self efficacy and Transformation as They Support New Teachers written by Anna Mary Walthall Smith and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New teachers leave the profession when they do not feel supported by their local schools and when the challenges of teaching outweigh the rewards. Mentor and induction programs intend to provide new teachers with necessary support to encourage new teachers' growth and retention; however, frequently, these programs fall short in meeting the expected outcomes. As a result, new teachers receive sporadic and surface level supports throughout the year which do not increase their success nor their retention. United Public Schools lost approximately 10% of its teachers last year which resulted in the hiring of over 1,200 new teachers either new to the field of education or new to the district. Local schools provide mentor and induction programs to these teachers which produce varying results. The district's Professional Learning department offers to partner with interested schools to develop teacher leaders serving as Lead Mentors through ongoing pr1ofessional development and implementation support in an effort to strengthen the supports new teachers receive. At the beginning of the study, only 35% of local schools participated in the mentor development program. A group of committed stakeholders formed an action research team to investigate mentor development and determine effective scaffolds to support the implementation process. In addition, the team desired to examine how to utilize action research as a process for addressing problems within the organization. Three research questions guided the study: 1. How does the district's mentor development program impact mentors' beliefs and improve mentors' self-efficacy? 2. What is the relationship between mentors' support and new teachers' perceptions of their mentors' support? 3. What does the action research team learn about investigating problems within the organization as they collaboratively develop and implement the mentor development program? The action research process supported the team in addressing an organizational challenge, and the findings revealed the need for mentors to receive ongoing professional learning and implementation support for providing instructional supports to new teachers. Also, the study revealed the individualized nature of the mentors' transformation as they participated in the program and experienced changes in their self-efficacy and beliefs about mentoring.
Download or read book Cultivating High Quality Teaching Through Induction and Mentoring written by Carol A. Bartell and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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
