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Perceptions Of An Induction Program From Beginning Teachers And Teacher Mentors In An Urban School District
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Book Synopsis Perceptions of an Induction Program from Beginning Teachers and Teacher Mentors in an Urban School District by : Nikketta Wilson
Download or read book Perceptions of an Induction Program from Beginning Teachers and Teacher Mentors in an Urban School District written by Nikketta Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Novice Teachers' Perceptions of Their First Year Induction Program in Urban Schools by : Phyllis A. Charleston-Cormier
Download or read book Novice Teachers' Perceptions of Their First Year Induction Program in Urban Schools written by Phyllis A. Charleston-Cormier and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study examined and evaluated perceptions of first year teachers on the effectiveness of induction activities, assistance, and support following participation in their induction program. This was a quantitative study of novice teachers in an urban school district. Teachers from all teaching disciplines, both at the elementary and secondary level, participated in the study. The researcher used the Novice Teacher Perceptions Assessment to survey 171 teachers. Of the 171 surveys distributed, 144 were returned and analyzed for this study. From the survey data, descriptive statistics and frequency counts were obtained for demographic information items and specific induction activities, assistance, and support. All data were analyzed for the effectiveness of teacher induction program components. The results of this study revealed that novice teachers were provided with six factors that were important to them. The factors were: information concerning the school and its culture; support for emotional stress; assistance in instructional strategies; the allocation of resources; and overall support of the induction program in relation to mentors and reflection. Perceptions were consistent among the demographics; namely, the subject taught, grade level taught, gender, age, ethnicity and environment. Novice teachers ranked ten activities they valued while in the induction program. The activities most valued were the support they received in assistance with discipline problems; feedback from observations, and the opportunity to observe other teachers. On the contrary, novice teachers least valued the support given to them relating to the physical aspect of their classrooms. This included classroom arrangement, designing bulletin boards and learning centers.
Book Synopsis Examining Teacher Efficacy in an Urban School District Through an Induction and Mentoring Program by : Vonda Kim Scipio
Download or read book Examining Teacher Efficacy in an Urban School District Through an Induction and Mentoring Program written by Vonda Kim Scipio and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Induction and mentoring programs are being implemented throughout the nation by school districts as intensive professional development for new teachers. These programs are designed to accelerate the development of novice teachers as a strategy to improve the academic achievement of preschool to 12th-grade students. In an effort to assess the relative importance of school-level factors that might further such teachers' growth, the purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of three cohorts of mentored teachers with respect to five working conditions: (a) colleagues' contributions to new teachers' professional growth; (b) principal support of new teachers' professional growth; (c) adequate classroom space; (d) sufficient materials and supplies; and (e) collaboration with veteran teachers. This study was also designed to determine if there were differences in new teachers' perceptions by characteristics such as the number of years they had been teaching, the length of time these new teachers worked with their mentors, and these new teachers' level of education. This secondary analysis uses data previously collected from 169 mentored teachers who had been teaching between 1 and 3 years at the time of the original study and taught at 34 different schools within districts that serve a largely African American student population. The new teachers in the original study participated in a collaborative (i.e., school district and university) induction and mentoring program over a three-year period. These teachers completed an anonymous survey related to induction that was developed and administered by the New Teacher Center. The data used for secondary analysis in this study were derived from three successive administrations of this survey. Through various nonparametric statistical procedurres, findings indicated that new teachers rated items pertaining to their school's "social context" (i.e., colleagues' contributions to their professional growth, collaboration with veteran teachers, support of principals) highest. Conversely, the more "material" conditions of the school (i.e. adequacy of their classrooms, sufficiency of materials and supplies for instruction) were consistently rated lowest.
Book Synopsis An Investigation of the Relationship Between Factors of Beginning Teachers' Development Within a Mentor-based Induction Program by : James Davis
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.
Book Synopsis Supporting New Teachers in an Urban School Setting: A Case Study of Induction Practices by : Christina M. Warner
Download or read book Supporting New Teachers in an Urban School Setting: A Case Study of Induction Practices written by Christina M. Warner and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research shows that teacher quality is the single most critical factor in whether students succeed. However, efforts to improve teacher quality are often offset by the high rates of turnover, with 40-50 percent of public school teachers leaving within the first five years, and even higher rates in schools serving less advantaged students (Ingersoll, 2003). The purpose of this qualitative study was to describe an urban school district's new teacher induction program. For this study, an urban school district was defined as a school district located in an urban area, had high rates of poverty, students of color, and Limited English Proficient students. New teacher induction program was defined as any formal, district-level and site-based support given to any teacher with three or less years of teaching experience. The central research question was: How did the teacher induction program support teachers with three or less years of experience? The sub-questions were: 1. What were the perceptions of the induction program? 2. What professional development activities supported the induction program? 3. What was the structure of the induction program? 4. What were the promising practices reflected in the induction program? 5. How were the special issues in an urban district addressed by the induction program? Interviews were conducted with 15 individuals. Two new teachers at each level (elementary, middle school, and high school) were interviewed along with three principals and four mentors (one elementary, two middle school, and one high school). In addition, the director of induction and the former director of mentoring participated in the study. Five themes emerged from an analysis of the interview transcripts. These themes were: Professional Development, Mentoring, Support, Requirements, and Demands on New Teachers.
Book Synopsis Effectiveness of Induction Programs for Teachers in Urban Schools by : Joseph Marie Carter
Download or read book Effectiveness of Induction Programs for Teachers in Urban Schools written by Joseph Marie Carter and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative case study examined urban teachers' perceptions of the effectiveness of the diocesan beginning teacher induction program in regard to the job satisfaction, teaching competence, and professional confidence of inductees in inner city parochial schools. Analysis of data gathered via survey responses of 10 beginning teachers and 7 mentors, a focus group session with 5 beginning teachers, and interviews with program coordinators indicated that participants found the program effective in its positive impact towards promoting inductees' professional development. The study discussed the various components of the induction program and specific concerns of urban teachers. As a result of participation in the program, inductees and mentors perceived themselves as more competent, confident, and satisfied with teaching in urban schools.
Book Synopsis A Study of Teacher Induction in High Schools of an Urban School District in Georgia by : Shaundra Fears
Download or read book A Study of Teacher Induction in High Schools of an Urban School District in Georgia written by Shaundra Fears and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: Induction is a process that provides novice instructors with support needed to be successful in the classroom. Research shows that teachers receive three main types of support during the induction phase: mentor/collegial support, administrative support and instructional support (Howe, 2006; Ingersoll & Smith, 2004; Killeavy, 2005). As a result of high attrition rates for teachers, some states in the nation are now taking seriously the challenge to create alternatives to the traditional undergraduate college teacher education program route for certifying teachers (Shakrani, 2008). The purpose of this study was to determine the contribution of induction programs to the development of novice high school teachers in an urban school district in Georgia. The researcher utilized a quantitative method to gather data. The purpose of the survey was to collect opinions and attitudes about the induction process from first year teachers in an urban school district. The survey consisted of three parts: demographic information, questions about the types of mentor/collegial support, instructional support, and administrative support received during the induction year. Surveys were administered to first year high school teachers in the district. The results were disaggregated by certification type: traditionally trained instructors and non-traditionally trained instructors. A Pearson r Product Moment Coefficient was used to determine if a significant relationship between novice teachers' perceptions of administrative support, mentor/collegial support and instructional support and its level of importance. There was a statistically significant relationship between novice teachers' perceptions of the level of mentor/collegial support they received and their rating of its level of importance.
Book Synopsis Past, Present, and Future Research on Teacher Induction by : Jian Wang
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.
Book Synopsis Learning the Ropes by : Elizabeth F. Fideler
Download or read book Learning the Ropes written by Elizabeth F. Fideler and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Novice Educator Perceptions of the Influences of a New Teacher Mentoring Program in a Hard to Staff School by : Jennifer Lee Vaughan
Download or read book Novice Educator Perceptions of the Influences of a New Teacher Mentoring Program in a Hard to Staff School written by Jennifer Lee Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract Supporting and retaining new teachers is an ever-growing challenge faced by school districts across the nation (Anhorn, 2008; Ingersoll & Strong, 2011; Lieberman, Saxl, & Miles, 1988; Lorti, 1975). One way that many schools approach this opportunity to support new teachers is through teacher mentoring programs (Goldrick, 2016; Gray & Gray, 1985; Moody, 2009; Strong & Baron, 2004). As school leaders implement mentoring programs, it is important to know whether the programs are meeting their stated goals (Stufflebeam & Shinkfield, 2007). The purpose of this program evaluation was to look at the perceived influence of a teacher mentoring program upon novice educators within a single hard-to-staff school in an urban neighborhood within a school district in Virginia. Specifically, 10 novice educators were interviewed regarding the influence of the various components and activities of a mentoring program upon their teacher self-efficacy as well as upon their plans for continuing to teach within that school. Interview data revealed teachers felt supported by mentors but the changes in practice and in their own self-efficacy occurred when they observed peers who successfully managed classroom discipline or when they applied strategies learned through induction programs. Interviews also revealed that a mentoring program had little impact upon new teachers’ decisions to remain at a particular school or in a specific school district. Recommendations include ensuring that all new educators—including late hires—receive a mentor, strongly recommending opportunities for peer observations, targeting hard to staff school mentors with coaching and additional training, and providing earlier and more varieties of training opportunities for new teachers in classroom management.
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Book Synopsis The Impact of Induction on Teacher Retention by : Melissa J. Bonds
Download or read book The Impact of Induction on Teacher Retention written by Melissa J. Bonds and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retention of beginning teachers continues to be the struggle for districts, including large urban districts, similar to Milwaukee Public Schools. The purpose of the study is to identify the aspects of induction which impact first year teacher retention within a large urban district. The study was conducted in a large urban school system and focused on beginning teachers and their perceptions of the support they received. Beginning teachers were defined as individuals in their first year of teaching. The study examined those beginning teachers new to teaching during the 2013-2014 school year. These beginning teachers could've been hired at any point in the year. The study was guided by two sub-questions: What are the new teachers' perceptions of the informational, emotional, instructional support received, resource allocation, and the overall support provided to them during their participation in the teacher induction program at the district level and school level? What activities of the induction program are identified as being most and least valued by the new teacher in the induction program at the school and at the district? This study employed a sequential mixed method exploratory study design and was gathered in phases in which both qualitative and quantitative procedures were used. The research implemented the use of a survey, interviews and focus groups sequentially. In the first phase of the study, beginning teachers were surveyed online using Survey Monkey. The data was then analyzed using Survey Monkey and SPSS. In both the second and third phase of the study, beginning teachers were randomly selected from the original list of new hires. In phase two, the participants were invited to participate in an interview and in the third phase to participate in a focus group. Due to the role of the researcher, the interviews and focus groups were conducted by a research assistant. The findings indicate that beginning teachers who participate in a comprehensive induction program, which includes, professional development, a mentor at the school and from the district, and peer support are more likely to be retained adding continuity and expertise to a school district.
Book Synopsis Mentor Perceptions in Urban Middle Schools by : Karen Boyd
Download or read book Mentor Perceptions in Urban Middle Schools written by Karen Boyd and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Research supports the use of mentoring programs and induction assistance for retaining quality teachers and easing beginning teachers' transition into the teaching profession. Over the last three decades researchers have looked at the varying levels of the mentoring process. However, few studies have explored the perceptions of the teacher mentors serving in those roles. This qualitative case study was designed to take an in-depth look at the perceptions of teacher mentors working with first year teachers at the middle school level. The research questions that guided this study were designed to determine how experienced teachers serving as mentors describe their experiences and what are the best, most needed or most helpful mentoring practices. The fifteen study participants taught at the middle school level in a suburban school district in North Carolina. The primary methods of collecting information for this study were one-on-one interviews, surveys, and focus group interviews, which allowed for a comprehensive perspective and a crosscheck of information. After a detailed analysis five distinct themes that emerged from the data were: (a) the qualities of the mentor and mentee relationship; (b) willing helper; (c) personal growth for the mentors; (d) support provider; and (e) advocate. The themes were interrelated which led to the factors that are necessary to create an optimal mentoring situation. The findings from this study revealed that mentors must create a positive relationship that is built on trust and respect with the mentee in order to combat the many challenges that occur during the first year of teaching. The experienced teacher must have a desire to help in order to create the optimal conditions be an effective mentor and provide the personal and professional support that many first year teachers need. The role of the mentor extends beyond the one-on-one relationship with the mentee. The mentor serves as an advocate for mentoring by promoting its importance to school and district leaders which in return will hopefully invoke changes in the recruitment, training, and evaluation of the mentoring program."--Abstract from author supplied metadata.
Book Synopsis Cultivating High-Quality Teaching Through Induction and Mentoring by : Carol A. Bartell
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
Book Synopsis Perceptions of the BEST Teacher Induction Program by Novice and Mentor Teachers in the Deer Valley Unified School District by : Judy Amanda Miller Byrd
Download or read book Perceptions of the BEST Teacher Induction Program by Novice and Mentor Teachers in the Deer Valley Unified School District written by Judy Amanda Miller Byrd and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Perceptions of First-Year Teachers in an Urban High School by : Dawn T. Lambeth
Download or read book Perceptions of First-Year Teachers in an Urban High School written by Dawn T. Lambeth and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This qualitative study examined beginning teachers' perceptions of mentoring and induction. The rationale for the study was that the first years of teaching are typically the most challenging for beginning teachers. Data sources included observations, interviews, and field notes. This study had three objectives: to provide an up-to-date, readable, and wide-ranging account of the perceptions of beginning teachers; to offer a guide to some of the major issues currently under discussion in the experiences of beginning teachers; and to identify some of the major deficiencies in the existing literature. Data revealed that beginning teachers desired support in classroom management, curriculum and instruction, securing resources, and discipline. Given the amount of teachers who leave the profession within the first five years, this research has the potential to reveal the influencing factors which may lead to a teachers' decision to leave the classroom or remain in the teaching profession. In identifying these factors and creating and implementing effective induction programs and support systems, there may be a way to avoid or at least decrease the high turnover rate of beginning teachers
Book Synopsis A Case Study of a Teacher Induction Program’s Effectiveness as Perceived by Program Teacher Participants and School District Administrators by : Jason Scott Oliver
Download or read book A Case Study of a Teacher Induction Program’s Effectiveness as Perceived by Program Teacher Participants and School District Administrators written by Jason Scott Oliver and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of the research revealed a shortage of findings in the identification of programmatic features found to be effective in reducing attrition rates and preventing or significantly reducing teacher shortages. This study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of a teacher induction program developed and implemented by an urban school district in Texas. The data from new teachers, mentor teachers, instructional coaches, and principals with substantial experience and involved in the implementation of the induction and retention program were analyzed. This study attempted to answer three questions addressing (a) the specific district and campus program structural arrangements and teacher support systems that define the teacher induction and retention program, (b) the program participants’ perceptions about the effectiveness of the teacher induction and retention program, and (c) the program participants’ recommendations for program improvement. The case study design was used along with qualitative and quantitative methods were used to address the research questions guiding this study. Multiple data sources included district documents, existing induction program evaluation data representing over 3 years of program implementation, interviews with program participants, teachers, and administrators. Based on the content analysis, the overall perceptions yielded themes attesting to a quality novice teacher induction program; however, participants indicated that specific aspects of the program could potentially be improved. This case study illuminates issues and factors influencing teacher attrition rates, and aims to identify programmatic features that effectively prevent and/or reduce teacher attrition rates being experienced by school districts.
