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Çiftçi, Emrullah Yasin; Daloglu, Aysegül – Intercultural Education, 2021
Short-term study abroad programmes can help prospective language teachers develop intercultural competences, vital when working with socially and linguistically diverse language learners. However, participating in such programmes does not necessarily lead to a more advanced level of interculturality. Induction programmes before mobility periods…
Descriptors: Study Abroad, Preservice Teachers, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Huling, Leslie; Resta, Virginia; Yeargain, Pat – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2012
Novice teacher attrition has long been a concern among educators and policy makers who have responded with various types of induction and mentoring programs and increased efforts to recruit more teachers. Yet, these efforts have not created the stable work force needed to implement school reform efforts. The school staffing challenge is further…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Teacher Orientation, Mentors, Beginning Teachers
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Eliason, Susan; Holmes, Christine L. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
This article discusses the development, implementation, and outcomes of a Faculty Course Redesign Camp for full-time and adjunct faculty members. The purpose of the camp was to educate and coach faculty in effective strategies to promote learner-centered teaching skills. Evaluation results show that the participants changed their orientation…
Descriptors: Teaching Skills, Adjunct Faculty, Curriculum Implementation, Program Implementation
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Bendickson, Mary; Griffin, Karen – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2010
An effective faculty is essential to student success, and faculty development programs help sustain that effectiveness. Central to the faculty development programs at Hillsborough Community College (HCC) in Tampa, Florida, is the philosophy that they should lead to strengthened teaching and learning and, ultimately, improved student success. At…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Seminars, Community Colleges, Faculty Development
Richardson, D. Theophilus; Deering, Michelle J. – Online Submission, 2011
It is always an enlightening experience to observe how ideas around change are executed. The Calgary Board of Education program for inducting new teachers into its system merited some investigation. For a period of six weeks, the authors participated in this process, with a view that, some elements of the program could be used in a similar format…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Orientation, Urban Teaching, Boards of Education
Hargis, Jace; Gilbertson, Phil – Metropolitan Universities, 2010
This paper describes an innovative approach to retaining happy and healthy faculty members in a collegial, productive teaching and learning environment. A major portion of the paper shares how the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning plays a significant role in the faculty interview process, new faculty orientation, and subsequent mentoring of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Institutional Role, Collegiality, Research and Development Centers
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Ganser, Tom; Koskela, Ruth – NASSP Bulletin, 1997
Describes six different types of mentoring programs for beginning teachers in Wisconsin. Four (in the Beloit, Kenosha, Platteville, and West Allis-West Milwaukee districts) are district programs in which teachers assume both mentoring and teaching responsibilities. Milwaukee's program is atypical, since teachers serve as full-time mentors. The…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives, Mentors
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Rabalais, Michael J.; Perritt, John E. – Community College Review, 1983
Describes Hinds Junior College's (HJC's) staff development program for part-time faculty which involves an initial orientation session and subsequent modules focusing on teaching in general and at HJC, testing and grading, media usage, and student characteristics. Discusses participants' reactions to the program. (DMM)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Faculty Development, Instructional Development, Part Time Faculty
Holmes Group, Inc., East Lansing, MI. – 1986
Descriptions are given of teacher induction programs currently operational in public schools, intermediate education units, colleges and universities, and professional organizations. Program descriptions include the address, contact person, and phone number for the organization, and a brief summary of the program's structure and objectives. (JD)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Colleges, Improvement Programs, Professional Associations
Van Zant, Susan; Razska, Don; Kutzner, Charlotte – Leadership, 2001
Under a trust agreement with the Federation of Teachers and the Poway (California) Unified School District, evaluation formats are tailored to meet the needs of new teachers, experienced tenured teachers, and tenured teachers who gravely need assistance. Experienced teachers work with beginning teachers to offer varied forms of assistance. (MLH)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Peer Evaluation, Professional Development
Richardson, James M. – Independent School, 1979
This article describes Oldfields School's systematic orientation program for beginning teachers. They meet as a group and discuss case studies, which give substance to the regulations and policies listed in the school handbooks. (SJL)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Discipline Policy
Pierce, Gloria – 1996
This paper describes a faculty development and orientation program for new faculty at Montclair State University in New Jersey. The New Faculty Program (NFP) is designed to orient and introduce a diverse new faculty (more than half of whom are women and minorities) to the culture of the university, and to help them attain reappointment and tenure…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Planning, College Faculty, College Instruction
Adelman, Frank W. – VocEd, 1979
A successful approach to orienting new vocational teachers coming directly from business and industry is the New Teacher Workshop at Pennsylvania State University. Intensive guidance and practice in preparing lessons is climaxed by the novice teacher's presentation (and peer evaluation) on closed circuit television. (MF)
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Closed Circuit Television, Participant Satisfaction, Program Descriptions
King, Franklin J.; Knight, Clyde B. – VocEd, 1979
Two workshops to help beginning teachers in the transition from employment to teaching are described: the Missouri Vocational Teachers' Institute at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and the Survival Teaching Competencies Program at Oklahoma State University. Required for beginning nondegreed teachers, both programs involve intensive teaching…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Closed Circuit Television, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions
Wiseman, T. Jan – 1975
The Office of Community Education and Services (CES) was formed in March, 1974 through the merger of the former Office of Community Relations and the Evening College Office at Kishwaukee College. This report describes: (1) the philosophy and goals of CES, (2) a detailed description of existing and planned CES course offerings and public service…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Education, Community Services, Educational Finance
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