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Jessica Giffin; Cheryl Krohn; Grace Cole – Region 1 Comprehensive Center, 2024
A formal induction and mentoring (I&M) program is critical for supporting and developing novice teachers as they enter the K-12 classroom and has been found to improve teacher retention, teaching practice, and student outcomes. Districts across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are required to offer induction and mentoring programming to their…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers
Leung, Jenny – Online Submission, 2021
This report summarizes implementation of the goals and some of the programs managed by the Professional Learning (PL) Department in the 2020-2021 academic year. The PL Department offers a comprehensive and sustainable approach to improving staff's effectiveness by ensuring that a variety of continuous and innovative PL opportunities, aligned to…
Descriptors: School Districts, Professional Development, Beginning Teacher Induction, Mentors
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Holdheide, Lynn; Lachlan-Haché, Lisa – Learning Professional, 2019
In fall 2016, more than 50% of teachers in Kokomo, Indiana, were leaving the profession within their first three years. Within the district, low-performing schools in particular struggled to retain teachers. The costs of teacher attrition are high for districts. According to a report from the Learning Policy Institute, each teacher who leaves the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Expertise, Mentors, Teacher Persistence
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DeCesare, Dale; Workman, Simon; McClelland, Abby – Regional Educational Laboratory Central, 2016
This report provides a snapshot of school district policies for mentoring new teachers in five Regional Educational Laboratory Central states (Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota). State education agencies collected survey data from school districts on who provides mentoring, how time spent mentoring changes after the first…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Surveys
Ciolek, Raymond – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The purpose of this research was to investigate whether new teacher and new teacher mentor perceptions of the effectiveness of the Missouri State Beginning Teachers' Assistance Program (BTAP) were positive and whether the new teacher perceptions led to the new teacher remaining in the teaching profession at least five years. At the time of this…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Persistence
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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Ellis, Chad D. – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2016
Connecticut's Teacher Education and Mentoring (TEAM) program is in its early stages of implementation. This study examined how local school districts implemented TEAM and identified factors that affected implementation. It was based on interviews with twenty-two participants at the state, district, and local school levels. The intentions of the…
Descriptors: State Policy, Beginning Teacher Induction, Program Implementation, School Districts
DeBaylo, Paige H.; Hutchins, Shaun D.; Looby, Karen L. – Online Submission, 2018
EEIP is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) grant program that funds innovation in teacher supports and leadership opportunities. This executive summary provides information on the four-year implementation of EEIP schools and provides valuable lessons learned from the program. A separate summative report and technical report also were published. [For…
Descriptors: School Districts, Grants, Educational Innovation, Teacher Competencies
Jensen, Mishan; Looby, Karen; Hutchins, Shaun – Online Submission, 2017
Educator Excellence Innovation Program (EEIP) is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) grant program that funds innovation in teacher supports and leadership opportunities. This report describes feedback from teachers at the six EEIP schools and summarizes implementation in the third year of the program.
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Innovation, Teacher Attitudes, Program Implementation
Bierbaum, Myra Desha – ProQuest LLC, 2016
The purpose of the study was to gain a deeper understanding of teacher induction in the state of Colorado. The guiding question for the study was "What components do Colorado school districts include as part of their beginning teacher induction?" The study examined the implementation of nine teacher induction components: orientation,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, School Districts, Program Implementation
DeBaylo, Paige H.; Hutchins, Shaun D.; Looby, Karen L. – Online Submission, 2018
EEIP is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) grant program that funds innovation in teacher supports and leadership opportunities. This technical report summarizes the four-year implementation of EEIP schools and provides valuable lessons learned from the program. A separate summative report and executive summary report also were published. [For the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Grants, Educational Innovation, Teacher Competencies
DeBaylo, Paige H.; Hutchins, Shaun D.; Looby, Karen L. – Online Submission, 2018
EEIP is a Texas Education Agency (TEA) grant program that funds innovation in teacher supports and leadership opportunities. This report summarizes the four-year implementation of EEIP schools and provides valuable lessons learned from the program. A separate technical report and executive summary report also were published. [For the technical…
Descriptors: School Districts, Grants, Educational Innovation, Teacher Competencies
McDaniel, Andrea Marshall – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With increasing demands on teachers, retaining new teachers has become more difficult in recent decades. New teacher induction programs appear to increase retention rates significantly among new teachers. Many states, including Georgia, have implemented induction programs to support and retain beginning teachers. In response to the Race to the Top…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Persistence, Educational Legislation, State Departments of Education
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Marker, Kathryn; Mitchall, Allison; Lassiter, Steve M., Jr. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2013
Teacher retention is of critical concern in rural and high-poverty districts. This case study describes one school’s challenges following the district's budget cuts that eliminated funding for schools' mentor programs. The mentor coordinator at this elementary school faces several dilemmas as she attempts to maintain high-quality support for the…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Persistence, Mentors
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2016
Great teachers, principals, and other school leaders (collectively, educators) matter enormously to the learning and the lives of children. The Title II, Part A program is designed to provide students from low-income families and minority students with greater access to effective educators. It is critical that State educational agencies (SEAs) and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Minority Group Students
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