The New Teacher Center (NTC) at the University of California, Santa Cruz has applied specific strategies to provide teachers, induction specialists, professional developers, administrators, and educational leaders with an array of secondary induction best practices that help schools reach their student achievement goals. Induction programs that…

This firsthand account through the eyes of a facilitator describes meaningful moments of someone learning the job. Working primarily with new teachers in a large high school, this facilitator experienced the challenges and the fulfillment in helping colleagues, and discovered that the benefit of helping others grow may be one's own growth.

Differences between novice teachers and experienced newcomers are explored, and objectives are presented for staff development programs in which principals facilitate the induction of experienced newcomers. (Author)

A beginning teacher assistance program involving regional seminars, a mentor training program, and peer group support produced positive results and reduced the isolation of new teachers in rural schools. (JD)