The federal School and Staffing Survey (SASS) and Teacher Follow-up Survey (TFS) were used to examine the impacts of induction activities on beginning teacher turnover. This study excluded those teachers who moved or left schools for unavoidable and involuntary reasons, a confounding factor in previous research. This analysis revealed that three…

In examining how 103 principals' roles may have changed and how they felt about changes resulting from new teacher mentors' presence in the program, this study found that most saw mentors as a helpful supplement to their staffs, that most wanted to participate in selecting the teacher who would have a mentor, and that nearly all strongly supported…

Examined elementary, middle, and high school principals' perspectives on their first-year teachers' competencies. Survey data indicated that principals had mixed feelings about new teachers' competencies. They believed new teachers needed improvement in discipline, diversity, technology, and curricular integration/flexibility issues. Perceived new…