With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, even greater efforts are needed to address students' academic and social emotional needs, all the while making up for learning loss and preparing for the unpredictable combinations of distance learning, blended learning, and in-classroom learning. These expectations, along with the need for greater…

High percentages of newly qualified teachers (NQTs) drop out during their first 5 years in the classroom. Often, formal support systems are put in place to overcome 'practice shock'. However, in this research, it was hypothesised that it is not the formal support structure put in place that determines whether starting teachers feel satisfied in…

Holistically examines educational leadership based on relational learning, collaboration, connectedness, and commitment to self and others, highlighting a high school where teacher leaders participate in governance, administration, and teaching, and co-create learning environments which emphasize authentic self-expression, interpersonal…

Examines the context and organization of Norway's teacher education, discussing teacher roles and responsibilities, preservice and inservice teacher education programs, and society's expectations that teachers will act as masters, mentors, and mothers. The paper describes recent curriculum developments and the organization of Norway's educational…

Explored mentor teachers' perceptions about the impact of mentoring on them, focusing on American and Israeli teacher-education programs and professional-development schools. Data from surveys, observations, and reflection sessions with mentors indicated that the mentors benefitted from their mentoring when they had access to serious training and…