Successful Induction For New Teachers

Investing in people right at the start of their career is crucial because, no matter how good initial training is, the first year as a fully-fledged teacher is bound to be tough. Induction is there to make sure new teachers succeed and enjoy their work. Supporting new teachers is not just a good thing to do - it's statutory. With the new professional standards, every Newly Qualified Teacher (NQT) and Induction Tutor needs this book to ensure that the induction year is a success. This book is an accessible, engaging guide to surviving the tricky bits of the first year of teaching. It offers the sort of clear information and practical tips that Sara Bubb knows people are crying out for - because they raise them in the TES virtual staffroom. Written in a lively yet authoritative style, the book: - is packed with illuminating anecdotes, handy checklists and useful examples - covers much that NQTs need to know - including how induction works, how to meet the core standards, dealing with difficult people, how to get the most out of professional development and performance management - gives detailed guidance about how induction tutors and mentors can support, monitor and assess new teachers. Indispensable for any new teacher needing up-to-date advice and information, induction tutors, CPD coordinators, local authority advisers in charge of induction, and trainee teachers towards the end of their course, this book is an invaluable resource to success in the induction year. Sara Bubb has an international reputation in the field of induction and supports new teachers and induction tutors at the Institute of Education, University of London and across the country. She writes a popular weekly advice column for new teachers in the Times Educational Supplement and answers questions on its online staffroom.

Discusses the importance of training, supporting, and retaining new teachers, presents a step-by-step process for structuring an induction program, and features a list of replicable induction programs.

Be the best mentor you can be with these state-of-the-art strategies! How can you relate all of your teaching experience to a new teacher? Working from decades of experience, the authors of this guide offer sensible strategies to help mentors help new teachers. The authors synthesize theory and practice to show mentors how to: Increase new-teacher support, success, and retention Guide teachers in their relationships and classroom strategies Improve their own mentoring approach Avoid common mentoring pitfalls

The book also contains a special emphasis on under-prepared teachers and urban schools-those most in need of effective induction and mentoring and also the group that benefits the most from these types of programmes

The New Teacher Induction Program (NTIP) has been designed to support the growth and professional development of new teachers. It is the second step in a continuum of professional development for teachers to support effective teaching, learning, and assessment practices, building on and complementing the first step: pre-service education programs. It provides another full year of professional support so that new teachers can develop the requisite skills and knowledge that will enable them to achieve success as experienced teachers in Ontario. This manual is designed to be used in conjunction with the Teacher Performance Appraisal: Technical Requirements Manual (2010). The present manual provides information about the requirements and effective practices associated with the orientation, mentoring, and professional development and training elements of the New Teacher Induction Program.--Document.

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The NQT year. Everyone has to do it, but no one finds it easy. There are standards to be met and assessments to be done and all this for the very first time. This great resource, now in its second edition will help NQTs meet the expectations of this challenging year and addresses concerns and questions you will have along the way. It also works as a great reference guide for tutors in order to support NQTs in your own school by offering advice and focusing on all the recent changes in teacher training. This new edition offers guidance on: The 2012 teaching standards and even decodes some of the more vague ones What exactly Quality Assuring Induction is How to producing outstanding portfolios of evidence With advice on building relationships, managing workload and emotional resilience it will not only help you pass your NQT year, it will help you to become a happy and effective teacher. 'As a first time tutor for an NQT, I have found this book invaluable. I have used the templates and followed the very clear guidance to complete them. The current legal requirements for an NQT are all explained and examples given. I would recommend this book to all new NQT tutors.' - Amazon Reviewer of First Edition

This text provides a guide to surviving the tricky bits of the first year of teaching. It offers clear information and practical tips, as well as anecdotes, checklists and examples.