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Boyer, Lynn; Gillespie, Phoebe – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2000
Discussion of the importance of induction and support programs for new special education teachers notes the substantial additional demands placed on new special educators in addition to the frustrations and stresses that all new teachers experience. The article notes the high numbers who leave teaching after the first year and identifies national,…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education

Boyer, Lynn; Lee, Christine – Journal of Special Education, 2001
A new teacher in a self-contained classroom for six kindergarten students with autism describes the challenges of beginning a new program in her school, planning instruction with the new state instructional standards in mind, being scrutinized by parents, and coordinating documentation of progress and development of Individualized Education…
Descriptors: Autism, Beginning Teachers, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education