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Paul, Chara K.; Johnsen, Susan K.; Goree, Krystal K. – Teacher Education and Practice, 2008
This qualitative comparative case study examined the differences between the mentoring experiences of 10 beginning teachers--specifically, between 5 who scored high on the Teacher Sense of Efficacy Scale and 5 who scored low. All the beginning teachers taught in the same school district during their 1st year of teaching, and all participated in…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teachers, Student Characteristics, Case Studies
The Top Ten Things New High School Teachers Need to Know about Servicing Students with Special Needs
Laprairie, Kimberly; Johnson, Daphne D.; Rice, Marilyn; Adams, Paula; Higgins, Betty – American Secondary Education, 2010
Many preservice secondary teachers feel well prepared by their teacher preparation programs to teach their content area. However, these same preservice teachers overwhelmingly indicated that more instruction in serving students with special needs-modifications, management techniques, paperwork and educational terms-was warranted. They understand…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Beginning Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Special Needs Students
Merrill, Stephen – Management in Education, 2006
In the USA, the attrition rates of teachers in the first 3-5 years of teaching are around 30%, and in Texas, 73% of teachers who did not experience a formal induction programme left the profession within 2 years. These statistics are a cause for concern and suggest that the first few years in teaching are crucial in teachers deciding whether to…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Professional Development, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers
Myung, Jeannie; Martinez, Krissia; Nordstrum, Lee – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2013
Building a stronger teacher workforce requires the thoughtful orchestration of multiple processes working together in a human capital system. This white paper presents a framework that can be used to take stock of current efforts to enhance the teacher workforce in school districts or educational organizations, as well as their underlying theories…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Instructional Improvement, Faculty Development, Improvement Programs
Martinez-Garcia, Cynthia; Slate, John R. – Current Issues in Education, 2010
We examined the five most recent years of data (2003-2004 through 2007-2008) from the Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System regarding new teachers employed at high school campuses. We specifically focused on the extent to which differences were present between high school campuses with the highest new teacher percentages and high school…
Descriptors: High Schools, Economically Disadvantaged, Minority Groups, Academic Achievement
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2011
For five years running, the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) has tracked states' teacher policies, preparing a detailed and thorough compendium of teacher policy in the United States on topics related to teacher preparation, licensure, evaluation, career advancement, tenure, compensation, pensions and dismissal. The "2011 State…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers
Richardson, Rita C.; Glessner, Linda L.; Tolson, Homer – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2007
The need for teacher retention has prompted numerous American states to provide programs for training mentors. The goal of mentor training is to offer a support mechanism that will retain novice teachers and assist them in developing their teaching skills. Such a program is the Texas Beginning Educator Support System (TxBESS) which has supported…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Mentors, Teacher Persistence
Unbearable Burden? Living and Paying Student Loans as a First-Year Teacher. Policy Analysis. No. 629
McCluskey, Neal – Cato Institute, 2008
It is widely believed that starting public school teacher salaries are too low, and student loan burdens are too high. If true, everyone could be facing a situation in which recent college graduates cannot afford to go into teaching because they will be unable to repay their college debts. Public policies are already being formulated on the basis…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Graduates, Public School Teachers, Teacher Salaries
Harris, Sandra; Lowery-Moore, Hollis; Farrow, Vicky – Theory Into Practice, 2008
This article describes collaborative efforts to frame university teacher preparation program activities within transfer of learning and transformative learning theories to promote teacher leadership. Specifically, we describe (a) a community sponsored, public school, campus-based experience during an introductory teacher preparation course; (b) a…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Transfer of Training, Teacher Leadership, Education Courses
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2008
This report presents the Texas edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's 2008 "State Teacher Policy Yearbook." The 2008 "Yearbook" focuses on how state policies impact the retention of effective new teachers. This policy evaluation is broken down into three areas that encompass 15 goals. Broadly, these goals examine…
Descriptors: Mentors, Teacher Competencies, State Government, Government Role
Ellis, Pamela; Grogan, Marian; Levy, Abigail Jurist; Tucker-Seeley, Kevon – Regional Educational Laboratory Northeast & Islands, 2008
This report provides state-, regional-, and district-level decisionmakers in the Northeast and Islands Region with a description of the "Compendium of Strategies to Reduce Teacher Turnover in the Northeast and Islands Region," a searchable database of selected profiles of retention strategies implemented in Connecticut, Maine,…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Profiles, Databases, Faculty Mobility
Perez, Rebeca; Ciriza, Frank – Online Submission, 2005
The purpose of this study had two objectives, first to determine the number of new teachers that had left the teaching profession in a five year period (2000-2005), and to learn about mentors teachers' perspectives regarding the mentor training and the program as a whole. Methodology: A questionnaire was administered to some mentor teachers, and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Public School Teachers
Justice, Madeline; Espinoza, Sue – Education, 2007
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas will need over 82,000 new teachers by 2008. Many teachers are leaving the profession within 5 years of being employed. Closing a revolving door, teacher preparation programs are discussing this phenomenon. One hundred sixty beginning teacher candidates were surveyed using the Emotional Skills…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Emotional Intelligence, Assertiveness, Empathy
Townsell, Rhodena – Online Submission, 2007
The purpose of this article is to review the rural area administrator's role in the areas of teacher recruitment, hiring and staff development. State and Regional Policies reveal that these areas are chief among the concerns of rural school leaders (Johnson, 2005). The rural school administrator's role often requires him/her to become involved in…
Descriptors: Teacher Selection, Administrator Role, Teacher Recruitment, Faculty Development
Joftus, Scott; Maddox-Dolan, Brenda – 2002
As school districts nationwide work to implement the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, they may be inadvertently accelerating the departure of experienced teachers and failing to adequately support new teachers. The Alliance for Excellent Education believes that this problem requires a two-pronged solution: financial incentives for…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development