Proper induction can increase teacher satisfaction, retention, and also increase student achievement.
A new school year brings a new crop of students, new rules and laws to implement, maybe new technology to introduce and probably the most important new commodity you will have – a new teacher. You were just so relieved to find a qualified candidate you forgot that was only the first step in the new hire’s long journey.
You want this teacher to feel welcome, exceed your expectations and become a long-term member of your academic community. Research suggests that up to 50% of new teachers leave the profession during the first five years. Teachers who are hired, and then supported in their jobs through induction programs not only provide better teaching, but also may stay in the profession longer.
The first few years of teaching are challenging, even for the best new hires. All new teachers struggle, but a strong teacher induction program provides support to new hires and helps to ease their transition into the profession. Induction is like a big umbrella that shelters the new teachers from the storm of the demands of teaching.
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Strategies for induction that are reviewed:
- Ongoing support seminars throughout the year
- Orientation before the school year begins
- A mentoring program
- Book studies or other small group work
- Building social networks
After viewing Helping Beginning Teachers Succeed: 5 Strategies for Induction you will be able to:
- Create orientation programs for new hires
- Organize ongoing support seminars for new teachers that take place throughout the first year
- Know what makes orientation and ongoing seminars work and know what hot topics to include to help new teachers
- Plan a mentoring program that pairs new hires with experienced teachers
- Plan the training needed for the mentors
- Plan book studies and other small group professional learning communities for new teachers
- Plan for social events and networking that help new teachers get established
- Evaluate and assess the teacher induction programming
About the Presenter:
Mary C. Clement is a professor of teacher education at Berry College in Georgia. She is the author of seven books, including How to Interview, Hire, and Retain High-Quality New Teachers and Building the Best Faculty. She has presented on the topic of teacher hiring at national ASCD, NAESP, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Delta Kappa conferences. A high school foreign language teacher for eight years, Clement received her doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign before entering higher education.
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