Supporting Beginning Teachers (Classroom Strategies)

Give new teachers the time and professional guidance they need to become expert teachers. Investigate key research, and examine the four types of support-physical, emotional, instructional, and institutional-that are crucial during a teacher's first year in the classroom. Discover essential strategies for K-12 mentors, coaches, and school leaders to develop an effective mentoring program schoolwide.Benefits-Review research related to high teacher turnover rates.-Consider the important components and new-teacher supports that school leaders should have at the forefront of mentoring programs.-Learn how to ascertain which teachers have the skills and experience to be effective mentors and how these mentors can form prosperous relationships with their mentees.-Answer chapter-ending comprehension questions to retain each chapter's main topics.-Read the author's personal essays from her first year of teaching, each accompanied by questions that mentors and mentees can use to spark discussion.