The "Portfolio Process in Professional Development" is a competency based teacher education program recently mandated by the Florida State Board of Education as the central element of the Florida Beginning Teacher Program. It involves a probationary year of supervised teaching for the beginning teacher before certification is granted. This model…

This document outlines the development of a program that would extend teacher training to include a fifth year of internship. A dual continuum of training is suggested. The first portion is designed to help the beginning teacher develop an adequate sense of self, poise, and a secure assurance that the classroom, pupils, and supervisors do not…

A followup study of beginning secondary school teachers was conducted to determine the nature and extent of their involvement in professional continuing education activities and their attitudes toward their experiences in these activities. Thirty-four beginning teachers were interviewed at the end of their first year of teaching and again at the…

The application and selection processes involved in filling a full-time assistant professor position at a small liberal arts college are discussed, as are the results of a survey returned by 64 undergraduate departments that undertook a search for a similar position during the 1995-1996 academic year. The survey involved departments that offered…

This book demonstrates how teachers and administrators can work collaboratively on maintaining continual growth, focusing on the Life Cycle of the Career Teacher Model, which crosses the continuum of practice from preservice preparation through professional development. Case studies illustrate the Reflection-Renewal-Growth Cycle Model in action.…

These case studies show how to improve the pre-service teaching experience by mentoring cooperating teachers. The case studies come from a Professional Development School (PDS) involving a large university and small secondary school. A system of "super cooperating teachers" was implemented in the PDS to accommodate all of the student teachers at…

Teacher personal control was investigated by comparing the responses of teacher trainees with those of practicing teachers. The responses of teachers with more than five years experience indicated a significantly higher sense of personal control than either teacher trainees or teachers with less than five years experience. (Author/JN)

The author reflects on his first teaching experience 20 years ago at a residential outdoor and environmental education school in Ontario (Canada). He stresses the importance of documenting outdoor experiences through personal narratives as a means of bringing attention to the value of outdoor learning and connecting learners with their natural…

Discusses the development of content knowledge in movement-based curricula. Researchers examined knowledge structures in groups of preservice physical educators, comparing them with those of elementary physical educators expert in movement-based approaches. Results suggest declarative knowledge develops in complexity from novice to expert within…

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)

Examined success in first-year teaching, using observations and interviews conducted over a school year, to describe a new physical education teacher's experiences. Results revealed several factors which impacted success, some related to preservice preparation, others to school context, and others to the new teacher taking an active role in the…

Scotland has a new system of teacher induction, introduced in 2002. Whilst recognising the many benefits for newly qualified teachers, we aim to explore some of the real experiences of teachers in the new system. This article recognises the power relationships involved and therefore aims to allow the submerged voices of probationer teachers to be…

Five beginning elementary teachers met weekly with a mentor in a group in order to support one another, discuss their experiences, view each others' videotaped lessons, and learn how to become reflective practitioners. At the beginning of the year, the teachers most valued the emotional support and understanding they received through group…

The basis for the Iowa State University (ISU) Community College Induction/Mentoring (CCIM) Program is research that identified 43 exemplary community college teaching skills for over 200 research studies. The program is intended for vocational-technical instructors new to teaching at Iowa's community colleges. The 43 exemplary teaching…

This book is a memoir of one-room school life in 1929. In his day, Cratis D. Williams (1911-85) was America's foremost scholar on the Appalachian experience. This book is the story of his first teaching assignment at age 18 in a one-room K-8 school on Caines Creek in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Williams details his classroom practices and…