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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
E-mentoring--the use of technology-based communication formats in which mentors and mentees interact--is emerging as a solution for supporting novice teachers, especially when they have limited access to in-building support. This Brief describes the possibilities of using e-mentoring with novice special education teachers.
Descriptors: Mentors, Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Special Education
National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2010
E-mentoring--the use of technology-based communication formats in which mentors and mentees interact--is emerging as a solution for supporting novice teachers, especially when they have limited access to in-building support. This Brief describes the possibilities of using e-mentoring with novice special education teachers.
Descriptors: Mentors, Special Education Teachers, Beginning Teachers, Special Education
Billingsley, Bonnie S.; Griffin, Cynthia C.; Smith, Sean J.; Kamman, Margaret; Israel, Maya – National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2009
The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive review of what is known about teacher induction in special education and to outline recommendations for the design of induction programs and further research. Five questions guided this research: (1) What are the experiences and concerns of new special educators in their first years of…
Descriptors: Beginning Teacher Induction, Special Education, Special Education Teachers, Educational Research
Pugach, Marleen C.; Blanton, Linda P.; Correa, Vivian I.; McLeskey, James; Langley, Lisa K. – National Center to Inform Policy and Practice in Special Education Professional Development, 2009
The purpose of this literature review is to explore the role of professional collaboration within the school context as a means of improving the quality and retention of beginning special education teachers (SETs). The assumption underlying the review is that the local school context in which new SETs work should also function as the primary…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Literature Reviews, Educational Quality, Teacher Improvement