Stories from novice teachers : this is induction? / Lisa Scherff, Mike Daria.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scherff, Lisa.

Daria, Mike, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational counseling.

Vocational education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (149 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book features novice teachers and how they were, or were not, mentored or inducted by schools. Using data collected over a three-year period, the cases inform school principals and district-level administrators of situations promoting or hindering new teacher growth, in order to lower attrition rates and foster student achievement.

Contents:

Contents; Foreword: Why We Must Support New Teachers; Introduction; Chapter One. Induction and Mentoring; Chapter Two. Help with Discipline; Chapter Three. Choosing Parents and Students over Teachers; Chapter Four. Professional Learning Communities; Chapter Five. Supporting Your Teachers; Chapter Six. From School to School and Classroom to Classroom: Permanently Part-Time; Chapter Seven. Unhealthy Departments; Chapter Eight. The Faculty Lounge; Chapter Nine. Lowering Expectations for Special Education Students; Chapter Ten. The Emotional and Professional Development of Teachers

Chapter Eleven. Piling on the Paperwork and Pushing Teachers OutChapter Twelve"Superteacher"; Epilogue; References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-129).

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

0-7618-9040-8

1-282-56179-0

9786612561795

0-7618-5086-4

OCLC:

700699467