The words "mentoring" and "induction" are often confused and misused. These two terms are not synonymous. Induction is a process used by districts to train, support, and retain new teachers. It is a highly organized and comprehensive staff development process, involving many people and components, which typically continues as a sustained process…

This paper provides a critical evaluation of the model of professional development elucidated within the Career Entry Development Profile and induction arrangements for newly qualified teachers (NQTs) in England. In addition, it outlines the findings from a small-scale study of NQTs' professional development during their first year of teaching.…

This document presents findings from the fourth and final phase of a longitudinal study of teacher education. The report is based on data collected in 1991 and 1992 from interviews with 100 beginning teachers trained at the Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch Colleges of Education in New Zealand. The investigation focused on beginning teachers'…

Debate about teacher supply, demand, retention, and attrition has been renewed in recent years by an increased concern about the reduced numbers of prospective teachers entering teacher education programs, the high attrition rate of beginning teachers, and the resulting teacher shortages. U.S. schools are experiencing teacher shortages, especially…

This study examined the relationships between self-concepts of beginning teachers as measured before and after internship experiences with mentors. The expectations and attitudes of 138 beginning teachers participating in the Indiana Beginning Teacher Internship Program were sought before and after participation. Instruments used in the study were…

This study on induction practices analyzed data collected from collaborative research on more than 150 beginning teachers in Colorado, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and West Virginia. This paper documents and describes the organization, structure and activities of eight induction programs; identifies and discusses…

The Teacher Induction Study investigated 2 state-mandated beginning teacher programs and examined the translation of state policy by 4 school districts, 13 individual schools, and 32 classrooms. From the case histories of 16 teams, 2 case histories were selected for further study. One case illustrated how institutional factors influenced team…

The 15 papers in this publication are grouped under three categories: issues in inservice education, intervention strategies, and institutional approaches. The major issues raised are: (1) What are the key issues in inservice education? (2) If some issues are deemed more important than others, who has the right and/or power to decide which, and in…

This is a report of a one-year trial of a new professional arrangement for teachers, which gave experienced teachers part-time sabbaticals during the school year for study and curriculum projects, and which attempted to give first-year teachers (who were already certified) mentoring help and other special professional opportunities. The first-year…

This issue is the second in a three-part series on quality teaching. The other two issues in the series focus on teacher recruitment and teachers' career structures and work environment. This issue examines research and expert consensus on teacher preparation, looking at: the importance of subject matter knowledge to effective teaching and…

The New Teacher Staff Development program was designed to introduce new teachers to the New York City School System. Training models were based on the latest research and currently used nationwide staff development programs, focusing on subject areas as well as levels of learning ability. The specific goals of the program were to help new teachers…

The Mentor Teacher Induction Project (MTIP) was designed to address the needs of beginning teachers during their "induction" into the teaching profession, and to increase the retention of new teachers in the profession. The central research question addressed by the project was: What will be the effect on beginning and student teachers…

This paper reports on findings from a survey on the involvement of institutions of higher education (IHE) in beginning teacher induction efforts. Five teacher induction program goals are briefly outlined as a context for presenting and discussing the survey data. Responses to the survey questionnaire were received from 300 member institutions…

Iowa's Legislative Extended Assistance Group (LEAG) was formed in 1978 to encourage interaction between state government and university researchers. This report deals with the topic of teaching quality. A stratified random sampling procedure was used to: (1) determine perceived adequacy of new teachers in a number of areas associated with…

A study (conducted as part of the Teacher Education Redesign Project, University of Akron) determined the perceptions of first year teachers regarding their preservice preparation. Perceptions of the strengths and weaknesses of teacher training programs were sought pertaining to 17 competencies that were collected during follow-up studies of 233…