This CD provides a thorough approach to the nuts and bolts of information that is needed by new faculty and staff. The disc allows administrators or personnel charged with the job of orientation of new staff, a quick and easy template that will provide a thorough orientation to a new building and or district.

The mission of the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse (ENC) is to identify effective curriculum resources, create high-quality professional development materials, and disseminate useful information and products to improve K-12 mathematics and science teaching and learning. This issue of "ENC Focus" contains articles related to mathematics…

This book describes an inquiry-oriented form of professional development--the New Teacher Group--which provides teachers with opportunities to engage in discussions with their peers about problems experienced in their professional lives. Blending school psychology and teacher education, the book adapts a consultee-centered consultation model…

Mentors need to be carefully selected to assist new teachers in making a successful transition from student teaching to being fully licensed and certified to teach in the regular classroom. During the school year, the mentor may help the new teacher in a variety of ways--one is to build confidence in the new teacher for teaching and another is to…

Nearly half of all new teachers leave the job within five years. What is killing their spirit? How can they be convinced to stay? This article attempts to answer such questions in presenting one person's account of why she left the teaching profession. Statistical data relating to teacher employment and turnover; reasons for leaving among…

This paper is intended to supplement the relatively scant amount of information available to principals on mentoring and mentor programs for beginning teachers. Suggestions include: learning the basic principles of effective new teacher mentor programs with respect to design, implementation, and evaluation; understanding the local new teacher…

This study used the narrative-biographical and micro-political perspectives as a theoretical framework to explore how beginning teachers experienced the induction phase, focusing on their experience with professional socialization and ways in which they were confronted with the micro-political realities of schools during induction. Participants…

Presents results of focus interviews with 25 "practitioners turned professors" regarding their transition from industry to academia. Finds a general consensus that all advertising and public relations programs should implement a formal mentoring process to include teacher training and inservice, greater explanation of and assistance with promotion…

Indicates the importance of induction programs that address the unique pedagogical and content needs of secondary science teachers. Examines the impact of three different induction programs on secondary science teachers. Reinforces the importance of induction programs for teachers and suggests that there is a need for specialized support programs…

Presents a history of beginning teacher mentoring, discussing what has been effective and suggesting that the best mentor programs provide funding, time, and expertise. Tips for success include: integrate mentoring with the school community, define "new teacher" and "mentor" broadly, maximize mentor training and ongoing support, and continue…

Describes an interdisciplinary mentoring program for graduate teaching assistance, the Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) program. Outlines the vision and structure of the program and highlights its many benefits, which include the development of personal and professional relationships. (SLD)

Descriptive case study of one group of 38 university students seeking alternative certification, thirty-two of which were full-time teachers. Seeks to determine motivation for seeking alternative certification, perceptions about influence of previous careers on teaching performance, and nature of support during first year of teaching. Finds three…

Describes the Community College Induction/Mentoring (CCIM) project, a two-year induction program for new faculty at Iowa's community colleges. Discusses the project's characteristics, goals, and design and presents research used in the development of the program. Reviews the roles of mentor teachers and lists the benefits of CCIM. (30 citations)…

Examines how experienced teachers are trained to act as support providers, understandings they glean from the training, and their interpretation and presentation of these understandings during interactions with beginning teachers. The paper explains that the link between support providers and beginning teachers is the core of the induction…

Investigated how certified athletic trainers initially learned and continued to learn their professional responsibilities in the high school setting. Interview data highlighted two thematic categories: an informal induction process (aspects of organizational learning) and creating networks for learning. Results indicated that informal learning was…