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Mizrav, Etai; Lachlan-Haché, Lisa – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2019
This Special Issues Brief from the Center on Great Teachers and Leaders (GTL Center) outlines the unique characteristics of high-need schools, supports state and district leaders as they consider their role in implementing initiatives with a focus on equity, and explores how programs can be customized to meet the unique circumstances of a…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Teacher Shortage, Disadvantaged Schools, Program Implementation
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Long, Julie S.; McKenzie-Robblee, Sue; Schaefer, Lee; Steeves, Pam; Wnuk, Sheri; Pinnegar, Eliza; Clandinin, D. Jean – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2012
Early career teacher attrition is a matter of economic, social, and educational concern in many countries. Usually induction programs, including mentoring, are seen to alleviate the problem of early career teacher attrition. Mentoring/induction programs as a solution to what is defined as the problem of early career teacher attrition and retention…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Persistence, Faculty Mobility, Literature Reviews
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Glassford, Larry A.; Salinitri, Geri – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2007
Pedagogues and practitioners alike accept the vital importance of an effective professional induction for new teachers. This paper examines the evolution of such a policy in Ontario, from a mandatory pencil-and-paper qualifying test for graduating teacher candidates, to a modest province-wide induction program for newly-hired teachers. It assesses…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Logical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Beginning Teacher Induction
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West, Elizabeth A.; Hudson, Roxanne F. – International Journal of Whole Schooling, 2010
Early career special educators must be engaged in conversations with developers of preservice teacher preparation programs to co-construct initial teacher education programs which meet their needs. The process of listening to the teachers themselves could serve to ensure that teachers are an explicit element of program design. This article…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Program Design, Teacher Education Programs, Focus Groups
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Selke, Mary J.; Fero, George J. – Action in Teacher Education, 2005
The purpose of this article is to provide insights useful to readers involved in or considering the design and delivery of alternative path programs by presenting (a) a chronology of the multiple definitions of alternative certification, (b) key components of quality alternative path programs, viewed through the example of a program for…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Alternative Teacher Certification, Mathematics Teachers, Science Teachers
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McCormick, Katherine M.; Brennan, Sharon – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2001
This article describes the Kentucky Teacher Internship Program, a year long supervised internship that provides support and assistance to all of Kentucky's first-year interdisciplinary early childhood educators by a team of resource teachers, principals, and teacher educators. Implementation challenges are discussed, as well as suggestions for…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Early Intervention
Cheng, Maisy; Brown, Robert S. – 1992
The Teacher Peer Support Program (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) described in this report was monitored for 2 years, from its inception in the 1990-1991 school year. The main objective of the research was to ascertain the degree of success of a formal induction program. Sources of information included questionnaire data from two cohorts of novice and…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Individual Development