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Brzoska, Thom; And Others – 1987
Intended for mentor teachers who assist beginning teachers, this handbook includes a description of the mentoring process, including its definition, purpose, and application to professional development in education. Characteristics of good mentors, their relationships with their proteges, and typical activities associated with mentoring are…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship, Mentors
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1987
Intended for educational leaders, this three-section monograph presents information and perspectives regarding support given to beginning teachers. The first section reviews a variety of perspectives on the purposes that teacher induction programs can serve. Among the perspectives discussed are those based on studies of beginning teachers'…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Development, Socialization
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Platt, Jennifer M. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1987
This article describes procedures and materials developed for substitute teachers working in a learning disabilities resource room, including: policy information; schedules; specific student information; classroom procedures; daily plans; and additional or alternative activities. (CB)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, School Policy
Wildman, Terry M.; And Others – 1985
Intended for beginning teachers in Virginia, this handbook is designed to serve as a guide for negotiating the first few years of teaching. The concept of teacher as problem solver is promoted throughout the manual. The handbook is organized around the idea that the beginning teacher's main tasks are to: (1) discover how to learn from their own…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Management Assistance and Personnel Development. – 1988
During the 1986-87 school year, the state of Texas implemented the Texas Teacher Appraisal System (TTAS), a comprehensive and generic system for improving instruction. This teacher orientation manual has been developed to increase teachers' knowledge of this new appraisal system. The first section provides an overview of the TTAS, including its…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1986
The Beginning Teacher Assistance Program was adopted by the Virginia Board of Education to ensure that teachers certified by the state demonstrate the minimum competencies necessary to perform satisfactorily. The first section of this booklet describes the program's assessment component and lists the 14 competencies teachers are expected to…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Minimum Competencies
Heinicke, Peter; Henrie, Carolyn; Gronewold, Jerry – 1998
The Entry Year Assistance Program of Educational Service Unit #11 in Nebraska is a staff development project to train mentor teachers, entry-year teachers, and school administrators in small, rural school districts. Schools that participate in the program select a team consisting of a mentor teacher, an administrator, and an entry-year teacher.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education
Buchanan, Aaron; Bachelor, Patricia – 1983
This study investigates the nature and scope of current staff development activities and their relation to better teaching or school improvement in a representative sample of school districts and private schools in Arizona and southern parts of California and Nevada. Findings are based on telephone discussions with 72 administrators in the region.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Consultants, Cooperative Planning, Educational Improvement
Lyman, Lawrence – 1987
This paper examines factors that promote and diminish teacher trust in the instructional supervision process. Trust--key to the supervisor's success in helping teachers change behaviors--is correlated with such factors as confidentiality, approach to dealing with complaints, and the development of collaboration and participation in supervisory…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Cooperative Planning, Elementary Secondary Education