A Better beginning : supporting and mentoring new teachers / edited by Marge Scherer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Scherer, Marge, 1945-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First year teachers--United States.

First year teachers.

Mentoring in education--United States.

Mentoring in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Alexandria, Va. : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How can we help new teachers succeed in the classroom? Given high attrition rates and increasing teacher shortages, attracting new teachers and helping them thrive are among the most important challenges that schools face.A Better Beginning: Supporting and Mentoring New Teachers lays out the fundamentals for helping new teachers succeed in the schools of the next century: What Do New Teachers Need?; Creating an Induction Program; Making Mentoring Meaningful; Planning Comprehensive Teacher Support; Improving Instruction and Communication; and Listening to Teachers. Each section features thoughtful chapters from educational leaders. With her colleagues, Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, outlines how best to develop professionals rather than simply induct new teachers into the profession. Ellen Moir, from the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, explains the stages that first-year teachers typically undergo. And English teacher Lisa Renard shows how new teachers can take a positive, proactive approach to their early professional years. The anthology offers views and perspectives of those whose job descriptions include the phrase mentor of new teachers. From how to coach for competency to how to maintain commitment and enthusiasm, A Better Beginning: Supporting and Mentoring New Teachers provides veteran and new teachers fresh insights into best practices and programs for tomorrow's teachers.

Contents:

Table of Contents

A New Teacher's World: Not Your Grandmother's Classroom

About This Book

Part I: What Do New Teachers Need?

Beyond Support: Taking New Teachers Seriously As Learners

Easing the Way for New Teachers

The Stages of a Teacher's First Year

Part II: Creating an Induction Program

Induction: The First Five Days

First Things First: How to Set Up An Induction Program

The Elements of a Supportive Induction Program

Creating Conditions for Teacher Success

Part III: Making Mentoring Meaningful

Mentors Matter

Mentoring the Mentors

Baltimore Takes Mentoring to the Next Level

-"I Am SO Excited" Mentoring the Student Teacher

How to Help a New Teacher by Being a Buddy

Get on the Team: An Alternative Mentoring Model

Part IV: Planning Comprehensive Teacher Support

Combining Mentoring and Assessment in California

A Support Program with Heart: The Santa Cruz Project

How Can New Teachers Become the BEST?

Developing a Common

Language and Spirit

Every Classroom, Every Day: A Professional Development Plan

Part V: Improving Instruction and Communication

Encouraging Innovation in an Age of Reform

Linguistic Coaching: Helping Beginning Teachers Defeat Discouragement

The Videoconference Connection

Resurrecting Hope: Knowing the Facts, Imagining the Future

Preparing to Teach in Holistic Classrooms

Part VI: Listening to Teachers

Keeping Good Teachers: Lessons from Novices

What Teachers Like (and Don't Like) About Mandate

Induction Programs

The Best Lessons: Learning to Teach in a Supportive Context

Helping New Teachers Keep the Light in Their Eyes

Ask Not What Your School Can Do for You, But What You Can Do for You

Index

About the Editor

Related ASCD Resources

About ASCD.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786610930753

9781416600701

1416600701

9781280930751

1280930756

9780871209283

0871209284

OCLC:

923567420