scholarly journals Beginning Elementary Mathematics Teachers Negotiating Leadership Responsibilities

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Catherine Schwartz ◽  
Anne S. Ticknor
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
First Year ◽  
Induction Programs ◽  
First Year Teachers ◽  
Leadership Responsibilities ◽  
Induction Program ◽  
School Based ◽  
Leadership Experiences ◽  
Teachers Experiences ◽  
Field Notes

Induction has been given much attention in recent years. Research indicates that a comprehensive program with multiple supports for new teachers including reasonable teaching loads and complete curriculum resources are most effective. However, this is not the reality for many beginning teachers. In a study of a two-year, university-based, mathematics-specific induction program for elementary teachers, we found many first-year teachers were given teacher leadership responsibilities at their schools. These leadership experiences were confounded by school contexts in which curriculum resources were incomplete or competed with the BTs visions of “good” mathematics teaching. Qualitative data included interviews, surveys, written reflections, and researcher field notes from the first year of study. This article reports three first-year teachers’ experiences of significant leadership responsibilities. Findings call for ways to prepare BTs in undergraduate and induction programs for the non-instructional duties in teaching and to develop the agency needed to negotiate school-based contextual constraints.

Effective Mentoring: Critical to the Professional Development of First Year Physical Educators

2010 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 245-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Linda Rikard ◽  
Dominique Banville
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Teacher Development ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Critical Time ◽  
First Year ◽  
Induction Programs ◽  
Induction Program ◽  
Accountability Measures ◽  
Mentoring Practices ◽  
The Us

The first year of teaching is a critical time for professional growth and teacher development requiring emotional and pedagogical support from an experienced mentor. To serve this need, many school districts and counties across the US have developed induction programs for beginning teachers. This study examined 20 First Year Teachers’ (FYT’s) experiences in a mentoring induction program conducted from 2006 to 2008. Data included phone interviews, questionnaires, and one-on-one interviews. Kram’s mentoring framework provided the theoretical model for describing stages of mentor-mentee relationships. In addition, a Continuum of mentor practices was developed to categorize the levels of mentor effectiveness as described by FYTs. Based on their perceptions, the effectiveness of mentoring practices varied greatly for these participants: nine teachers received adequate mentoring, while the remaining 11 teachers’ experiences indicated deficiencies. Mentors were trained and specifically matched with FYTs, yet, findings indicated that accountability measures were needed to adequately serve most of these FYTs.

Classroom Management Actions of Beginning Urban Teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 339-367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Kwok
Keyword(s):  
Classroom Management ◽  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
First Year ◽  
Urban Teachers ◽  
First Year Teachers ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Classroom Management Strategies ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Relational Strategies

This descriptive, mixed methods study of one interim certification program explores first year urban teachers’ classroom management actions. This study investigates what strategies teachers implement to manage the classroom from programmatic surveys of 87 first-year teachers and interviews, field visits, video recordings, and journals of five case participants. Results indicate that teachers used behavioral, academic, and relational strategies to manage the classroom and they tend to refine several of these actions over time. Findings suggest that teacher preparation should promote beginning teachers to implement a range of classroom management strategies and support teachers in how to refine their actions.

Perceptions of Beginning Teachers, Their Mentors, and Administrators Regarding Preservice Music Teacher Preparation

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colleen Conway
Keyword(s):  
Teacher Preparation ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Teacher Preparation Program ◽  
First Year ◽  
Preparation Program ◽  
First Year Teachers ◽  
Validity Of Results ◽  
Music Teacher Preparation

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the preservice music teacher preparation program at a large midwestem university (in this article called “BTU” for “Big Ten University”) through an examination of the perceptions of beginning teachers and their mentors and administrators. Primary research participants included seven first-year teachers from BTU's class of 1999 and seven first-year teachers from the class of 2000. Data from these participants included individual interviews, focus group interviews, teacher journals, classroom observations by the researcher, mentor interviews, administrator interviews, and responses on an open-ended “End-of-Year Questionnaire.”In addition, secondary participants (n = 11) completed the End-of Year Questionnaire regarding their first-year experiences and the teacher preparation program. Results and discussion include descriptions of the perceptions regarding the most valuable parts of preparation and the least valuable parts of preparation, as well as suggestions for preservice teacher preparation made by teachers, mentors, administrators, and the researcher. Issues of validity of results and transferability of findings to other settings are discussed in addition to possible implications for teacher education and music education program evaluation research.

District Policy and Beginning Teachers: A Lens on Teacher Learning

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 281-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela Grossman ◽  
Clarissa Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Language Arts ◽  
Teacher Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
First Year ◽  
First Year Teachers ◽  
District Policy ◽  
Policy Environments ◽  
Opportunities For Learning

This analysis considers the role district policy environments play in the lives of beginning teachers. As part of a larger longitudinal study of teacher learning in the language arts, the authors analyzed the experiences of three first-year teachers in two contrasting school districts. This article assesses the role of policies concerning curriculum, professional development, and mentoring in teachers’ opportunities in learning to teach language arts. The ways in which districts were organized had consequences for what these beginning teachers learned about teaching; district structures either encouraged or deflected conversations about teaching English. In addition, the authors found that districts served powerful roles as teacher educators. The tasks the districts assigned the teachers, the resources they provided, the learning environments they created, and the conversations they provoked proved to be consequential in shaping both teachers’ concerns and their opportunities for learning about teaching language arts.

scholarly journals The Analysis of an Unsuccessful Novice Teacher's Induction Experiences: A Case Study Presented through Layered Account

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Fry
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
New Teachers ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Beginning Teacher ◽  
Induction Programs ◽  
Attrition Rates ◽  
Induction Program ◽  
Second Year

Although induction support is heralded as an effective way to reduce high attrition among beginning teachers, nationwide increases in induction participation have not been accompanied by a comparable reduction in attrition rates. This inconsistency suggests some induction programs may not provide adequate support. This article presents the results of a case study that explored the experiences of a beginning teacher who left the profession despite participation in an induction program. The research question was: "Why was Stella unsuccessful in her second year of teaching?" The results are presented through the postmodern ethnographic method of layered account (Ronai, 1997). In addition to raising questions about how to effectively support new teachers, this article includes a discussion of methodological limitations, ethics, subjectivity, and researcher response to participant distress.

Empowerment through induction: supporting the well-being of beginning teachers

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-70
Author(s):  
Chris Wilcoxen ◽  
Julie Bell ◽  
Amanda Steiner
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Future Research ◽  
First Year ◽  
Induction Programs ◽  
Leadership Roles ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Project Impact ◽  
Qualitative Thematic Analysis ◽  
First Year Teacher

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore ways teachers undergoing induction via the Career Advancement and Development of Recruits and Experienced (CADRE) Teachers Project felt empowered and supported in their well-being through mentoring and coaching. Design/methodology/approach Surveys about CADRE Project impact were e-mailed to 675 current and former participants. Out of 438 surveys returned, researchers used homogeneous sampling to identify 341 teacher respondents. Researchers used qualitative thematic analysis to determine ways teachers felt supported. Findings Coaching and mentoring supported CADRE Project participants’ well-being through empowerment (theme). Sub-themes included: growth, collaboration, networking, improvement and resources. Research limitations/implications Possibilities for future research include exploring the role of mentors/coaches, tracking teachers’ leadership roles and investigating the link between induction and teacher retention in more detail. Practical implications Opportunities for growth and collaboration are cornerstones of first-year teacher support. These support systems can lead to a sense of belonging, develop a mindset for continuous improvement and create long-term networking opportunities. The support teachers need to empower them and maintain their well-being changes with each first-year teacher phase. Originality/value Few studies exist on induction programs with the longevity of the CADRE Project. The high survey response rate with overwhelmingly positive responses suggests that CADRE is unique in its support of beginning teachers’ well-being through the first-year teacher phases, specifically due to the combination of mentoring and coaching beginning teachers receive.

scholarly journals Teacher Induction Program: First Experience in Turkey

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Fatma COBANOGLU ◽  
Zeynep Ayvaz-Tuncel
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Teacher Induction ◽  
Novice Teachers ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Goal Achievement ◽  
Induction Programs ◽  
Induction Program ◽  
Teacher Induction Programs ◽  
Questionnaire Form

Perspectives on beginning teachers’ possible problems and their reasons force many of the countries to develop teacher induction programs. Teacher induction programs are extensive, consistent and ongoing professional processes aiming to train, support, and protect novice teachers. In Turkey, the process of “teacher induction program” which has been initiated in 2016 is a regulation to train novice teachers for six months. The rationale of the program for the novice teachers is to have more practical experience and in turn to teach effectively in their classrooms. As each new regulation can be accompanied by some obscurities, scientific research will serve to increase the quality of the processes and practices in teacher induction programs. In this sense, the current research aims to determine the views of 357 novice teachers on the goal achievement of the teacher induction program. A questionnaire form was developed to collect the data consisting of 43 questions one of which is an open-ended question. Results suggested that preservice education and teacher induction program have similar contributions in regard to the goal achievement of the teacher induction program. Moreover, considering the process as a whole, the mentor has an important role in the development of novice teachers.

Investigating the Impacts of Coaching and Mentoring Through Induction on the Experienced Teachers

2021 ◽  
pp. 181-208
Author(s):  
Gulcin Cosgun ◽  
Derin Atay
Keyword(s):  
Beginning Teachers ◽  
Experienced Teachers ◽  
Positive And Negative Affect ◽  
Induction Programs ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Induction Program ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
One Year ◽  
Comprehensive Induction ◽  
Newly Hired

Since induction programs are generally implemented for beginning teachers, those designed in response to experienced teachers' pedagogical needs are rare, and their impacts on these teachers are not so widely researched. This chapter reports the process of a one-year comprehensive induction program that is designed for 11 experienced teachers who are newly hired at the English preparation program of a highly competitive English medium university in Turkey and its impacts on the emotions of the participants. The study encompassed the concurrent embedded strategy of mixed methods approach. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews and the positive and negative affect schedule (PANAS-SF). The present study has supported multiple aspects of previous data regarding induction programs for beginning teachers and provided valuable findings supporting the benefits that comprehensive induction programs that provide coaching and mentoring can bring for experienced EFL teachers when they start working in a new institution.

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