A better beginning [[electronic resource] ] : supporting and mentoring new teachers / / edited by Marge Scherer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781232303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Alexandria, Va., : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c1999
• ISBN: 1-4166-0070-1; 1-280-93075-6; 9786610930753; 0-87120-928-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (258 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SchererMarge <1945->
• Disciplina: 371.1
• Soggetti: First year teachers - United States; Mentoring in education - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents -- A New Teacher's World: Not Your Grandmother's Classroom -- About This Book -- Part I: What Do New Teachers Need? -- Beyond Support: Taking New Teachers Seriously As Learners -- Easing the Way for New Teachers -- The Stages of a Teacher's First Year -- Part II: Creating an Induction Program -- Induction: The First Five Days -- First Things First: How to Set Up An Induction Program -- The Elements of a Supportive Induction Program -- Creating Conditions for Teacher Success -- Part III: Making Mentoring Meaningful -- Mentors Matter -- Mentoring the Mentors -- Baltimore Takes Mentoring to the Next Level -- -"I Am SO Excited" Mentoring the Student Teacher -- How to Help a New Teacher by Being a Buddy -- Get on the Team: An Alternative Mentoring Model -- Part IV: Planning Comprehensive Teacher Support -- Combining Mentoring and Assessment in California -- A Support Program with Heart: The Santa Cruz Project -- How Can New Teachers Become the BEST? -- Developing a Common -- Language and Spirit -- Every Classroom, Every Day: A Professional Development Plan -- Part V: Improving Instruction and Communication -- Encouraging Innovation in an Age of Reform -- Linguistic Coaching: Helping Beginning Teachers Defeat ; Discouragement -- The Videoconference Connection -- Resurrecting Hope: Knowing the Facts, Imagining the Future -- Preparing to Teach in Holistic Classrooms -- Part VI: Listening to Teachers -- Keeping Good Teachers: Lessons from Novices -- What Teachers Like (and Don't Like) About Mandate -- Induction Programs -- The Best Lessons: Learning to Teach in a Supportive Context -- Helping New Teachers Keep the Light in Their Eyes -- Ask Not What Your School Can Do for You, But What You Can Do for You -- Index -- About the Editor -- Related ASCD Resources -- About ASCD.
• Sommario/riassunto: How can we help new teachers succeed in the classroom? Given high attrition rates and increasing teacher shortages, attracting new teachers and helping them thrive are among the most important challenges that schools face.A Better Beginning: Supporting and Mentoring New Teachers lays out the fundamentals for helping new teachers succeed in the schools of the next century: What Do New Teachers Need?; Creating an Induction Program; Making Mentoring Meaningful; Planning Comprehensive Teacher Support; Improving Instruction and Communication; and Listening to Teachers. Each section features thoughtful chapters from educational leaders. With her colleagues, Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Professor of Teacher Education at Michigan State University, outlines how best to develop professionals rather than simply induct new teachers into the profession. Ellen Moir, from the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, explains the stages that first-year teachers typically undergo. And English teacher Lisa Renard shows how new teachers can take a positive, proactive approach to their early professional years. The anthology offers views and perspectives of those whose job descriptions include the phrase mentor of new teachers. From how to coach for competency to how to maintain commitment and enthusiasm, A Better Beginning: Supporting and Mentoring New Teachers provides veteran and new teachers fresh insights into best practices and programs for tomorrow's teachers.