A System Approach to Building a World-Class TeachingProfession: The Role of Induction - 1 views

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  #1 Kathy Schwarz on 15 Feb 12

   

  The induction elements producing the strongest effects included having a mentor from the same field, having common planning time with teachers in the same subject, and having regularly scheduled collaboration with other teachers. Reducing teachers' preparation/course load or providing extra classroom assistance produced only weak effects on any of the outcomes. The researchers concluded that programs should focus on the selection and training of mentors to provide beginning teachers with same-subject mentors, opportunities to collaborate with other teachers, and assurance of high levels of administrative support. Overall, teachers receiving a more comprehensive package of these induction components achieved higher levels on all three outcomes:
  
  teachers' job satisfaction, commitment, and retention; teachers' classroom teaching practices and pedagogical methods; and student achievement.
  
  
  Multiple resources are available at http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material/issue_policy_briefs

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The induction elements producing the strongest effects included having a mentor from the same field, having common planning time with teachers in the same subject, and having regularly scheduled collaboration with other teachers. Reducing teachers' preparation/course load or providing extra classroom assistance produced only weak effects on any of the outcomes. The researchers concluded that programs should focus on the selection and training of mentors to provide beginning teachers with same-subject mentors, opportunities to collaborate with other teachers, and assurance of high levels of administrative support. Overall, teachers receiving a more comprehensive package of these induction components achieved higher levels on all three outcomes: <br /> <br /> teachers' job satisfaction, commitment, and retention; teachers' classroom teaching practices and pedagogical methods; and student achievement. <br /> <br /> <br /> Multiple resources are available at <a href="http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material/issue_policy_briefs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.all4ed.org/publication_material/issue_policy_briefs</a></div>

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