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The Importance of Starting Well: The Influence of Early Career Support on Job Satisfaction and Career Intentions in Teaching
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Hulme, Moira; Wood, Jeffrey – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022
Across the UK and internationally high rates of attrition among recently qualified teachers has focused attention on strengthening early career support. Policy attention has shifted from recruitment to the issue of sustainability. While the importance of induction is widely recognised, few studies investigate the components of early career support…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Preservice Teacher Education
Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education: Innovative and Successful Practices for the Twenty-First Century
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Cohan, Audrey, Ed.; Honigsfeld, Andrea, Ed. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2011
This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break the traditional mold of teacher education. Section…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Education, Program Descriptions, Vignettes
What Makes a Good Induction Supporter?
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Rippon, Janice H.; Martin, Margaret – Teaching & Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2006
The Teacher Induction Scheme, introduced in 2002, marked the first major change to new teacher induction in Scotland in 37 years. This paper gives an outline of these changes set against developments in mentoring theory in the wider context. It argues that the personal qualities of the induction supporter are crucial to developing an effective…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Orientation, Student Teacher Attitudes, Mentors
Helping New Teachers Enter and Stay in the Profession
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Olebe, Margaret – Clearing House, 2005
This article is a recollection of events as the author began her teaching career. Her first experience was an "alternative route" she claims, since it involved her joining the Peace Corps and accepting a teaching position in Uganda. In the article, she discusses that although the breadth and depth of induction programs vary widely both…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching (Occupation), Preservice Teacher Education, Beginning Teachers
Developments in Teacher Induction in Scotland and Implications for the Role of Higher Education.
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McNally, Jim – Journal of Education for Teaching, 2002
Examines the separation of teacher education from higher education in Scotland, drawing on interviews with stakeholders and existing literature. The paper provides a background to developments in Scottish teacher induction and outlines a proposed framework. It constructs a coherent, multiple role for higher education in teacher induction, noting…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
A Study of Probationer Teachers. Interchange, No. 14.
Draper, Janet; And Others – 1992
A 3-year research project commissioned in 1988 investigated Scottish probationer teachers' views of five aspects of their experience: initial training, recruitment and selection, induction, support, and assessment. Interviews and questionnaires were used to collect the views of 250 probationer teachers, their headteachers, other school staff,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Beginning Teacher Induction, Beginning Teachers, Developmental Continuity