The mentoring of new teachers has proven to be an effective strategy in helping novice teachers succeed. This essay provides an overview of mentorship and suggests concrete, research-based techniques for implementing a mentorship program.

The objective of this study is to show results obtained by computing teacher salaries three different ways and to show the implications of these for practice. Conventional ways of calculating teacher salaries show declines in salaries once inflation has been considered. Following people who remain in the profession, however, shows that salaries…

This pilot study was designed to test the hypothesis that teachers' perceptions of the career expectations held for them by their best friend by their spouse are associated with whether they, the teachers: (1) leave education for other occupations, (2) leave their school system and enter other school systems, or (3) remain in their present school…

A descriptive research study was conducted to (1) develop an information system for collecting and processing information on teacher mobility, (2) obtain information concerning current conditions of teacher turnover in Idaho, (3) field test the instrument and computer programs and (4) provide accurate data about teacher turnover in the nation and…

This review and critique of the literature on aging and faculty performance identifies major theoretical perspectives that run through studies on aging. Four types of aging theories are considered: biological, psychological, sociological, and social psychological. Aging effects are examined in relation to cohort and historical effects. (Author/LMO)

Presents findings from an American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) questionnaire survey which examined the impact of faculty shortages on the quality of engineering education, what faculty are needed to maintain or restore quality to engineering programs, graduate student enrollment, and trends in faculty recruitment and retention. (JN)

The Condition of Education summarizes important developments and trends in education using the latest available data. The report, which is required by law, is an indicator report intended for a general audience of readers who are interested in education. The indicators represent a consensus of professional judgment on the most significant national…

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) teacher quality provisions recognize both the importance of teacher quality for improving student achievement and the unequal distribution of teachers across districts and schools. But the question of how to achieve the goal of a high quality teacher in every classroom is complicated because of the challenges of…

Recognizing the vast disparities in academic achievement throughout Arizona's public schools, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) has recently started pushing for tougher standards and demanding for more school accountability. This study analyzes the ranking system implemented by the ADE that categorizes all public schools according to…

Begun in 1996, Project Launch uses individual mentoring and day-long conferences to support new teachers in participating school districts in a 13-county area of North Dakota. First-year full-time teachers meet weekly with their assigned mentors to address immediate concerns and develop a teacher action plan. All participants gather for 4 days of…

Few colleges of education include theory and practice about the need to nurture resilient teacher leaders. This issue should be addressed in order to improve the preparation and continued development of the nation's teachers, particularly those in urban schools. This newsletter suggests that as problems confronting schools, particularly urban…

Nationwide, public attention has increasingly focused on the need for a variety of early care and education arrangements to meet the changing needs of families. The demand for early care and education has grown for families from all socioeconomic sectors, intensifying as participants in welfare-to-work programs enter the workforce, and as work…

This digest examines the rural teacher shortage from a policy perspective and suggests strategies to address the problem. The rural teacher recruitment and retention problem varies across states. An adequate number of teachers are trained each year nationwide, but the problem is with distribution. Recent research on rural teacher recruitment and…

This paper asserts that the concept of teachers' vision (teachers' images of their ideal classroom practices) may provide a particularly powerful way of understanding variations in teachers' experiences and dealing with prospective teachers' experiences of "reality shock" or disillusionment when entering the profession. It proposes that…

This report presents information from a 1999 meeting on teacher recruitment, preparation, and retention in hard-to-staff schools. The meeting was attended by 27 education leaders from around the country. It sought to exchange information and ideas about the problems of securing teachers for hard-to-staff schools, determine the extent of consensus…