For the sixth consecutive year, the New Brunswick Department of Education, New Brunswick Teachers' Association, and University of New Brunswick organized the Beginning Teacher Induction Program (BTIP) in 12 Anglophone school districts. Beginning teachers were paired with experienced teachers who mentored them throughout the year. This report…

Following two years of pilot projects, the Beginning Teacher Induction Program (BTIP) was implemented in all twelve anglephone school districts in New Brunswick (Canada) during the 1995-96 school year. The program is sponsored by the Province Department of Education with the support of the New Brunswick Teachers Association and the University of…

Teacher induction offers emotional support to both beginning and experienced teachers. This paper examines the promotion of personal and professional well-being in beginning teachers and their experienced mentors through induction programs. Information comes from the Beginning Teacher Induction Program (BTIP) in New Brunswick, Canada. The program,…

This report describes the Beginning Teacher Induction Program (BTIP) in 12 New Brunswick anglophone school districts during 1996-1997. Data come from beginning teachers, mentors, principals and district coordinators who participated in the BTIP and completed a survey. Half of the mentors attended a mentor training workshop, an increase from the…

The Beginning Teacher Induction Program (BTIP) began in 1993 for all Anglophone school districts in New Brunswick (Canada). The goals were to improve the teaching performance of new teachers, lower their attrition rate, and improve the system of collegial support within schools. Questionnaires were developed to gather data from the participants in…

For the third consecutive year, New Brunswick's Department of Education, in cooperation with the New Brunswick Teacher Association (NBTA) and the University of New Brunswick, organized a Beginning Teacher Induction Program (BTIP) in all 12 anglophone school districts. In 1998, data were collected using surveys from beginning teachers, mentors,…

This paper describes several continuing and emerging issues identified in a 4-year study of a teacher induction program in New Brunswick, Canada. The program was designed to link beginning teachers with exemplary experienced teachers so that the transition from student to teacher would be a more positive experience than is often the case. Data…

This report describes the reactions of beginning teachers, mentors, principals, and district coordinators in 12 New Brunswick, Canada, school districts to a teacher induction program that paired beginning teachers with experienced mentor teachers over one school year. Questionnaires were sent to each of the four groups. All four groups strongly…

This document describes the perceptions of participants in the New Brunswick Beginning Teachers' Induction Program (BTIP) for the 1998-99 school year. For the fourth consecutive year, the New Brunswick Department of Education has organized the BTIP in all 12 anglophone districts. The BTIP includes mentor training workshops, district level…