It is tantamount for our education system to support novice teachers to become highly skilled, knowledgeable, and well-rounded in order to prepare students for a successful future in a highly competitive, technological, and global economy. Many studies highly recommend mentoring programs as an effective means of supporting novice teachers,…

Recruiting, hiring, and retaining teachers has become increasingly difficult as the teacher shortage reaches crisis levels in the US. As schools continue to hire more teachers who come from an alternative pathway, it will become increasingly important for administrators and districts to understand the unique needs of this group of educators. The…

Although mentoring has been considered to be important for beginning teachers to situate themselves within the school community, only a few studies on the opportunities of mentoring and possible difficulties from the perceptions of the mentee have been carried out, especially in East Asia. In this paper, a study based on a multiple case approach…

Supporting new academics when they begin a university career is important for them to adapt quickly and easily to the institutional goals and expectations. For those arriving from overseas and a different culture, often with families, this support is even more crucial. In this article, 10 academics from a range of disciplines, in which nine were…

Teach For America (TFA), founded in 1989, has grown to become one of the largest providers of educators in the country for high-needs, under-resourced schools. TFA recruits high-performing college graduates and professionals and prepares them for teaching during five to seven weeks of intensive pre-service training at one of its regional or…

This exploratory case study centered on 3 beginning elementary science teachers who experienced variations in practice-based instructional approaches within their elementary teacher development sequence. We define "practice-based instructional approaches" as engaging with teaching approximations that occur in authentic classroom settings…

The article presents a combined study--quantitative and qualitative--that examined the changes that occurred in the perceptions of beginning dance teachers over their internship year, following their participation in a targeted induction workshop, in which the collaborative reflection methodology was used. The study examined an intervention plan…

High attrition rates of beginning teachers are a major challenge for schools. Online induction featuring e-mentoring is one way that teacher education programs can support new teachers. This self-study examines the processes involved in e-mentoring novice science teachers while using a university-sponsored comprehensive online induction platform.…

Teaching is a demanding career in which 30% of teachers leave the profession in the first five years, and the turnover rate may be as high as 50% for teachers who start their career in urban schools. First 3 is an induction program that aims to help beginning teachers, in their first three years in the career, to learn what they need to excel.…

A better understanding of the relationship between beginning teachers' beliefs and the pedagogies of teacher education (TE) programmes that support their learning across time can enhance TE programme effectiveness. This 6-year longitudinal study examined the development and change of beginning primary classroom teachers' (n = 6) beliefs about…

Novice teachers often lack effective teaching strategies and exhibit poor classroom management, which creates disruptions in the classroom that lessen the quality of instructional time for students. The purpose of this program evaluation was to examine a teacher-mentor training program and the experiences provided to participants to gain a deeper…

First 3 is a support program for beginning teachers, who are in their first three years in the teaching career, and undergraduate students. First 3 starts with a Summer Institute in August and offers seminars and workshops through the year. The program offers an opportunity for teachers to be part of a learning community, share their experiences,…

Mentoring has been identified as an effective way to provide support for new teachers. As a strategy to support new teachers and to address teacher attrition, a rural high school in West Central Georgia sought to identify the concepts needed for an effective mentoring program. The purpose of this case study was to explore best practices in…

High turnover rates affect diverse professional areas. Recruiting and training new employees is costly for profit and non-profit organizations. Teacher induction programs provide the emotional and professional support that beginning teachers need in the transitory phase from being a student at a university to being a teacher in a classroom. To…

Despite the complexity of teaching, learning to teach in universities is often "learning by doing". To provide novice university teachers with pedagogic teaching knowledge and to help them develop specific teaching objectives, we created a structured, video-based, one-year training program. In focusing on the core features of…