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National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2010
Principals have a significant influence on the well-being of novice teachers. In fact, they can be the decisive factor in a new teacher's commitment to staying in or leaving teaching. The quality of the relationship with school administrators is as important to novice special education teachers as it is to novice general education teachers.…
Descriptors: School Culture, Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Special Education
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2010
A collaborative school context can support novice special education teachers. Co-teaching and team teaching represent collaborative opportunities that can counteract the historic isolation of special education teachers. Co-teaching and team teaching--the focus of this Brief--also have the potential for supporting novice teacher socialization in…
Descriptors: Socialization, School Culture, Special Education Teachers, Team Teaching
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2010
Positive climates that encourage professional growth and teacher collaboration can bolster the impact of induction programs and may influence novice special education teachers' decisions to remain in teaching. As you plan induction programs, consider how Professional Learning Communities--the topic of this Brief--may be used to integrate special…
Descriptors: School Culture, Disabilities, Teacher Collaboration, Special Education Teachers
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2010
Having a quality relationship with school administrators is important to novice teachers. Principal support influences teachers' job satisfaction and decisions to remain in teaching. Although special education teachers can benefit from general administrative support, they also may require additional supports that address the unique obstacles they…
Descriptors: School Culture, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Orientation, Special Education Teachers
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2010
Increasingly, principals play an important role in new special education teacher induction. Although novice special education teachers benefit from the same types of support and induction that their general education colleagues receive, certain aspects of their experience require additional attention. This Brief summarizes what principals can…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Orientation, Administrators
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2010
Principals play an important role in new teacher induction. The quality of the relationship with school administrators is as important to novice special education teachers as it is to novice general education teachers. Although special education teachers can benefit from general administrative support, they also may require additional supports…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Principals, Disabilities