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Beatrix Fuzi; Andrea Fischer; Gabriella Simon; Krisztina Majzik-Lichtenberger – Educational Process: International Journal, 2024
Background/purpose: The European Union's approach to teacher mentoring emphasizes three primary dimensions: professional, institutional, and personal support. Personal support (PS) is deemed crucial for teacher candidates and newly qualified teachers. Although various elements have been identified, a comprehensive model of PS is lacking. This…
Descriptors: Mentors, Models, Foreign Countries, Preservice Teachers
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Hudson, Peter; Hudson, Sue – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Australia has delineated a new direction for teacher education by embedding mentoring programs for teachers who support early-careers teachers as a system approach. This case study investigated how mentors after involvement in a mentoring professional learning program focused on goal setting with beginning teachers in their schools. Data were…
Descriptors: Mentors, Goal Orientation, Beginning Teachers, Foreign Countries
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Jones, Griff; Dana, Thomas; LaFramenta, Joanne; Adams, Thomasenia Lott; Arnold, Jason Dean – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2016
The STEM TIPS mobile-ready support platform gives institutions or school districts the ability to provide immediate and customized mentoring to teachers through multiple tiers of web-based support and resources. Using the results of a needs assessment, STEM TIPS was created and launched in partnership with 18 Florida school districts. Further…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Beginning Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Mentors
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Wu, Bian; Hu, Yiling; Gu, Xiaoqing; Lim, Cher Ping – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
As information and communication technology (ICT) continues to develop, it is essential for teachers to acquire ability for teaching with ICT. In China, new higher education (HE) teachers often lack teaching experience because there are limited teaching opportunities during their postgraduate studies. This status quo may compromise the quality of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Higher Education, Beginning Teachers, College Faculty
Coffelt, Tanya – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Teacher preparatory programs need to evaluate their programs to determine if they are producing highly effective teachers. This study utilized the professional development school (PDS) program versus the traditional program to determine if there was a difference in the promise and effectiveness of pre-service teachers. The study analyzed the…
Descriptors: Professional Development Schools, Teacher Education Programs, Teacher Effectiveness, Preservice Teachers
Ray, Trisha Gerrish – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in teacher efficacy for classroom management, instructional strategies, and student engagement between teachers who trained in a full-time, yearlong, medical-model professional development school (PDS) and their experience as a first year teacher in comparison to teachers who participated…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Professional Development Schools, Models, Medical Education
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Feiman-Nemser, Sharon – Educational Leadership, 2012
Reviewing the research, Feiman-Nemser identifies distinct shifts in thinking about teacher induction over the last 50 years. Early advocates viewed induction as a temporary bridge designed to provide support to beginning teachers and ease their entry into teaching. Next came an induction model that combines support with ongoing mentoring and…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Collaboration, Professional Development
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Baker, Credence; Gentry, James; Larmer, William – Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 2016
Classroom management is a challenge for beginning teachers. To address this challenge, a model to provide support for beginning teachers was developed, consisting of a one-day workshop on classroom management, followed with online support extending over eight weeks. Specific classroom management strategies included (a) developing a foundation…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Models, Classroom Techniques
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Mitchell, Sidney N.; Reilly, Rosemary C.; Logue, Mary Ellin – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2009
Beginning teachers are confronted with many issues as they begin their teaching careers, issues, such as classroom management, individual differences, behaviour problems, dealing with parents, and so on. Many beginning teachers take professional development seminars in an attempt to deal with these and other issues. Professional development…
Descriptors: Mentors, Action Research, Beginning Teachers, Professional Development
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Green, Gaynell; Ballard, Glenda H. – SRATE Journal, 2011
Traditional teacher preparation programs and alternative certification programs are under constant scrutiny and strain to prepare students to be more effective in the public classroom and remain in the profession. The Professional Development School is a contemporary, innovative model that shows promise for retaining novice teachers, particularly…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Professional Development Schools, Transformative Learning, Adult Learning
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Martin, Fran – International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 2008
This paper reports the findings of a research project into beginning teacher development conducted in the United Kingdom. A model for beginning teacher development in the field of primary geography is proposed which looks at the relative knowledge bases needed for effective geography teaching. The model is used to aid analysis of data gathered…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Concept Mapping, Models
Hopkins, Megan – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2009
In this article, the author offers suggestions for reconceptualizing the Teach for America (TFA) program. She recommends that TFA develop a residency training model with the following features: (1) Extend the program's current two-year commitment to three years; (2) Require first-year corps members to complete a residency year in an experienced…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Incentives, Beginning Teachers, Models
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Fallik, Orna; Eylon, Bat-Sheva; Rosenfeld, Sherman – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2008
We investigated the effects of a long-term, continuous professional development (CPD) model, designed to support teachers to enact Project-Based Learning (PBLSAT). How do novice PBLSAT teachers view their acquisition of PBLSAT skills and how do expert PBLSAT teachers, who enacted the program 5-7 years, perceive the program? Novice teachers…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Beginning Teachers, Professional Development
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Draper, Janet; Forrester, Victor – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2009
Where the continuing professional development (CPD) process is being increasingly articulated and circumscribed by policy and central specification, the initial year of teaching may significantly shape career-long expectations of CPD. This article contrasts the early experiences of beginning secondary teachers in Scotland and Hong Kong and the…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Personal Autonomy, Foreign Countries, Professional Development
He, Ye; Rohr, Jean; Miller, Samuel D.; Levin, Barbara B.; Mercier, Susan – School-University Partnerships, 2010
The purpose of this study was to develop a model for evaluating a professional development school program to enact an evidence-based model for a continuous cycle of program improvement. Guided by the logic model for program evaluation, we developed three survey instruments based on the professional development school standards of the National…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Professional Development Schools, Models, Program Improvement
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