Effective Teacher Induction & Mentoring

by Strong, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780807749340
• ISBN10: 0807749346
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-12
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Summary

A well-known authority on teacher induction programs offers the most comprehensive, up-to-date review of all recent research on the effectiveness of mentoring and induction support for new teachers. Michael Strong provides a revealing analysis of teacher induction programs and their consequences for education, teacher quality, teacher effectiveness, and teacher development. Because mentoring programs can be costly, particularly in large urban school districts with high teacher turnover rates, there is a rapidly growing body of research on program structures and their outcomes. This valuable book synthesizes the relevant research in a manner that is accessible, straightforward, and useful

Author Biography

Michael Strong is Director of Research for the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Setting the Scene	p. 1
Support for New Teachers	p. 1
Imploring Teacher Quality	p. 3
A History of Mentoring and Induction for Teachers	p. 5
The Growth of Induction Programs for Teachers	p. 6
Features of Major Induction Programs	p. 9
Induction Programs in Other Countries	p. 16
Studies of How Mentors Work with Beginning Teachers	p. 17
Assessing the Evidence: What Kinds of Mentoring and Induction are Available for Beginning Teachers?	p. 19
Induction Programs and Teacher Retention	p. 20
Definitions	p. 20
Who Enters the Teaching Profession?	p. 21
Who Stays, Who Moves, and Who Leaves?	p. 24
Why Teachers Quit	p. 27
Methodology for Examining Attrition and Retention Rates	p. 34
Approaches to Measuring the Effects of Induction Support on Teacher Retention	p. 35
Studies of How Induction and Mentoring Affect Teacher Retention	p. 36
Assessing the Evidence: Is Teacher Induction Effective in Reducing Teacher Attrition?	p. 43
Induction Programs and the Development of Teaching Practice	p. 45
The Importance of Teacher Quality	p. 45
What to Look For	p. 48
What Others Have Looked For	p. 50
Ways of Measuring Teaching Practice	p. 51
Evidence from Psychology and Cognitive Science About Judgments of Human Behavior	p. 60
Studies of the Effects of Mentoring and Induction on Teaching Practice	p. 71
Assessing the Evidence: Does Teacher Induction Affect the Development of Teaching Practice?	p. 76
Induction Programs and Their Effect on Student Achievement	p. 78
The Measurment of Student Achievement	p. 78
Studies of the Connection Between Induction Programs and Student Achievement	p. 83
Assessing the Evidence: Does Teacher Induction Affect Student Achievement?	p. 88
The Costs and Benefits of Induction and Mentoring Programs	p. 90
Benefit-Cost Analysis	p. 90
The Costs of Attrition and Turnover	p. 94
The Costs and Benefits of a Comprehensive Induction Program for Teachers	p. 97
Assessing the Evidence: Are Induction Programs Cost-Effective?	p. 99
Conclusion: Assessing the Evidence	p. 100
Notes	p. 105
References	p. 121
Index	p. 143
About the Author	p. 153
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