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Showing 1 to 20 of 187 for “"New Teachers"”.
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The Outcomes Of New Teachers Being Reflective
New university teachers are typically advancing scholars who have recently commenced academic teaching duties. Referred to as neophytes in this study, these teachers are usually early career academics, postgraduate students or sessional lecturers who begin teaching with little more training than …
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Mentoring, training, and true induction of new teachers
… evaluate an induction program for first year and new teachers that included mentoring, orientation, and training. The subjects in this study were a convenience sample of fourteen new teachers at Oakcrest High School during the 2003-2004 school year. The school was located in Mays Landing, NJ and …
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Distributed Mentoring: Developing Electronic Conferencing to Support New Teachers
… practice developed for the purpose of supporting new teachers in the context of the Novice Teacher Support Project (NTSP). Through the development of electronic conferencing, the NTSP provided the support for conversations about teaching and learning among new and experienced teachers in different …
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Identifying ways to better support new teachers to improve retention
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Examining the Role of Principals in the Retention of New Teachers
<p>New teachers are faced with many challenges during the first few years of teaching. They have to adjust to a new work environment, interact with parents, resolve a variety of conflicts, and design stimulating lessons for their students-often with few resources at hand. The large and varied …
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The Phenomenon of Teacher Burnout: Mitigating its Influence on New Teachers
… It has been documented in the literature that teachers experience high levels of stress and emotional exhaustion, which leads to high levels of burnout and professional attrition. This study examined the incidence of burnout in new elementary school teachers and offered recommendations for …
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Practices of Elementary Principals in Influencing New Teachers to Remain in Education
… elementary principals utilize in influencing new teachers to remain in education. Eleven teachers and three elementary principals from one school division in Virginia participated in this study. Interview data were collected, elementary principals were shadowed, and documents were analyzed. …
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Growing New Teachers: The Relationship Among Professional Development, Efficacy Beliefs, and Classroom Practices
… development opportunities for novice teachers function in relation to their efficacy beliefs and teaching practices. This study contributes to the novice teacher literature by examining the interrelations among these constructs. Data for this study were collected from 81 first-year …
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Supporting New Teachers through Induction Programs: New Teacher Perceptions of Mentoring and Instructional Coaching
Novice teachers need support as they enter their career in education. Supports can be given through various forms including mentoring and instructional coaching. The supports are put into place by school districts to assist with student achievement as well as teacher retention. This case study …
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Mentors and New Teachers: A Qualitative Study Examining an East Tennessee School Systems Mentoring Program.
<p>With almost half of all new teachers leaving the profession in the first few years, it is imperative that school systems find ways to support and retain these new teachers. Formal mentoring is a growing necessity. The purpose of this qualitative study was to determine the effectiveness of one …
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Personality Characteristics, Career Awareness, and Job Expectations of New Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
… It is necessary to attract approximately 5,000 new teachers to the field to meet the needs of the ever-increasing population of students with visual impairments requiring specialized training.This study investigated the personality and background experiences of individuals who are attracted to …
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Challenges of communication and participation in supporting new teachers using technology across six rural counties
… internet-based initiatives for beginning teachers often find that the reality of implementation does not match the envisioned potential (Clift, Hebert, Cheng, Moore, & Clouse, 2010). This case study contributed to an understanding of the complex organizational and facilitation issues …
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Perceptions of Mentors and New Teachers: A Case Study of a Mentoring Program in Northeast Tennessee.
<p>This study included 9 new teachers all of whom were assigned master teachers as mentors. The study also included 11 mentor teachers who participated in this study. There were 20 participants in this case study. The study was conducted in the Johnson City School System.</p><p>This qualitative …
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Socio-Cultural Influences on Face-to-Face and Electronic Mentoring of New Teachers Learning to Teach
The findings showed that the teachers highly valued the mentors' emotional support and rated their assistance on classroom management, engaging student learning and teaching methods most helpful in both face-to-face mentoring and e-mentoring. The findings also showed that new teachers focused more …
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A California Induction Program: A Report on the Effectiveness of Supporting New Teachers Through the BTSA Project
… of this qualitative study is to investigate teachers' perceptions about the efficacy of the Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment (BTSA) program in supporting new teachers in Northern California's elementary schools. Results indicated that parts of the BTSA program are effective. New …
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New Teachers Are Your Friends: A Multiple Case Study Examining School Psychologists’ Experiences Consulting with Beginning Teachers
… can play a key role in supporting beginning teachers, but the consultation research base provides limited information about how beginning teachers’ concerns and characteristics relate to consultative practice (Babinski & Rogers 1998; DeForest & Hughes, 1992; Robertson & Briedenstein, 2007). …
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Non-Pecuniary Factors Impacting the Retention of New Teachers at the Secondary Level in One Virginia School Division
… collegial support, and principal support on new teachers' decisions to remain in the teaching profession. Quantitative research was conducted using data from an electronic survey to examine the impact the three predictor variables had on the likelihood of a new teacher remaining in the …
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