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Holden, Jean, Ed. – 1995
This manual represents the collective philosophy and procedures from Texas educators who are actively involved in the management of successful mentoring and induction programs. It is offered as a guideline for school districts, universities, education service centers, or individuals who are developing or enriching mentoring and induction programs.…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Serpell, Zewelanji; Bozeman, Leslie A. – 1999
National statistics show a rise in the number of beginning teachers undergoing formal induction in their first year of teaching. This report discusses the effectiveness of induction programs and resulting outcomes for beginning teacher retention, beginning teacher effectiveness, and mentor participation. The various components of induction…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Wasburn-Moses, Leah – Action in Teacher Education, 2008
The Individuals With Disabilities Education Improvement Act and the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 require that students with disabilities be included in statewide assessments and general education accountability systems, thereby placing increased demands on special education teachers. At issue is how new teachers are prepared to respond to…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Educational Change, Special Education Teachers, Accountability
Southwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 2000
This report, in six chapters, discusses various aspects of mentoring teachers. The first chapter, an introduction by Diane T. Pan and Sue E. Mutchler, reviews the history of teacher mentoring in Texas since 1988 and describes the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory's (SEDL) Teacher Mentoring Research Project. Chapter 2, "Lessons from…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Mentors, Policy
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2012
Policymakers and education leaders in Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states have been working since 2002 to meet all 12 "Challenge to Lead" Goals for Education. At the same time, SREB states have had to struggle with the toughest economic challenges in decades. Even so, SREB states have succeeded in achieving many of the goals…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Public Schools, Poverty
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Juarez-Torres, Rachel; Hurst, Jeannine Lane; Hurst, Roy – Teacher Education and Practice, 2007
This qualitative case study examines the relationship of teachers who mentor other teachers. We studied 125 autobiographical portfolios submitted by elementary and secondary teachers who had won awards as outstanding educators from their campuses and were competing at the district level. The research site was a midsize city (population 95,000) in…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Grounded Theory, Interprofessional Relationship
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Zientek, Linda Reichwein – American Educational Research Journal, 2007
Every child has the right to a highly qualified teacher, yet as a nation we are reluctant to empirically investigate how teacher preparation programs are succeeding. Results from the present study suggested that (a) traditionally certified (TC) teachers felt better prepared than non-traditionally certified (NTC) teachers on communicating,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Alternative Teacher Certification, Teaching Methods
Breeding, MaLesa; Whitworth, Jerry – 1999
This report presents the results of three studies on beginning teacher needs and support. The first study investigated what one beginning teacher and her mentor talked about in scheduled talk sessions. Audiotapes of the talk sessions and interviews with the teacher and her mentor uncovered how the beginning teacher perceived teaching and herself…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Labor Turnover
Eberhard, Joseph; Reinhardt-Mondragon, Patricia; Stottlemyer, Bobbi – 2000
This study investigated problematic aspects of teaching that influenced beginning teachers' decisions to continue teaching or leave the profession. Participants were new teachers with 3 or less years of experience from 25 south Texas districts. Surveys were mailed to each campus for distribution. The survey instrument asked teachers about…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Career Choice, Elementary Secondary Education
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Garza, Luci; Wurzbach, Linda – Journal of Staff Development, 2002
Texas has responded to its teacher shortage with a program for support and renewal. Its new teacher induction pilot is based on a set of performance standards that define expectations for beginning teachers. The pilot provides a support team of mentors, principals, and teacher educators that helps new teachers collect data and assess their skills…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development
National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
A recent report published by the National Center on Performance Incentives (NCPI) presents findings from the second-year of a multi-year evaluation of the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program, a statewide educator incentive program that operated in Texas. As part of this larger study, evaluators examined how participation in the TEEG…
Descriptors: Recognition (Achievement), Incentives, Teacher Persistence, Program Effectiveness
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Hadaway, Nancy; Reinhartz, Judy – Action in Teacher Education, 1993
This paper describes a zero budget alternative to state-funded induction programs in Texas: the Beginning Teacher Academy (BTA). BTA culminates the third phase of a three-phase (initiation, implementation, induction) professional development model. (IAH)
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, College School Cooperation, Educational Finance
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Johnson, Daphne D.; Rice, Marilyn P.; Edgington, William D.; Williams, Patricia – Kappa Delta Pi Record, 2005
Classroom management consists of a wide array of proactive, well-established, and consistent techniques and practices. For teachers to relate content effectively, classrooms must be well managed. Curriculum preparation and behavior management have a close relationship. Even though educator preparation programs typically provide instruction in…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Planning
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Ovando, Martha N.; Trube, M. Barbara – Journal of School Leadership, 2000
Explored principals' role in building teacher capacity, identifying 134 Texas principals' perceptions of teachers' capacities, assessment methods, and capacity-building strategies. Most respondents perceived that traditionally certified teachers in their second year of teaching had greater capacity and working knowledge than second-year…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Alternative Teacher Certification, Beginning Teachers
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Edwards, M. Craig; Briers, Gary E. – Journal of Agricultural Education, 1999
Beginning agriculture teachers (n=76) rated their performance and need for inservice training in 163 competencies, then ranked the level of importance of the competencies. Only 4 ranked among the top 15 in both. Mean weighted discrepancy rankings were more congruent with inservice needs in the literature. The discrepancy approach may be a more…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Beginning Teachers, Educational Needs, Inservice Teacher Education
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