Retaining Effective Teachers (eBook)

A Guide for Hiring, Induction, and Support

Mary C. Clement (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
160 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-2839-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Retaining Effective Teachers provides all administrators with step-by-step strategies for hiring and keeping the best teachers. Teachers who serve on search committees and as teacher leaders will value the book as a guide for inducting and mentoring their new colleagues. The author has summarized the most useful research on hiring, induction, mentoring, and teacher support. The many appendices can be used immediately to ask behavior-based interview questions that determine the strongest candidates. Those who lead the induction programs have ready-made lessons and resources for improving orientation, seminars, and mentor training. The research on working with millennial teachers provides insights into ways to support them as high-performing teachers. Excellent summaries of how to observe and supervise teachers provide school leaders with collaborative ways to support and retain their faculties.This book presents a common-sense approach for developing district and school retention plans that will retain the most effective teachers needed in today's and tomorrow's schools. The strategies outlined in the book create help to create schools as high-quality workplaces that will retain teachers.

Autor

Mary C. Clement has published widely in the field of k-12 teacher hiring and induction. She is a professor of teacher education at Berry College, in Georgia, and earned her doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Inhalt

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1 – Creating a Retention PlanChapter 2 – This Generation of TeachersChapter 3 – Retention Begins with Hiring Chapter 4 – Best Practices in Orientation Chapter 5 – Mentoring ProgramsChapter 6 - Professional Development for the First Five Years Chapter 7 – Supportive Administration, Supervision, and EvaluationChapter 8 –Developing Teacher LeadersChapter 9 – An Improved Workplace for TeachersChapter 10 – Teacher LongevityAppendix A – Preliminary Interview ChecklistAppendix B - Question Bank for Early Elementary PositionsAppendix C – Question Bank for Upper Elementary PositionsAppendix D - Question Bank for Middle SchoolAppendix E – Question Bank for High School PositionsAppendix F – Question Bank for Special AreasAppendix G – Question Bank for Special Education InterviewsAppendix H – Evaluation of Candidate AnswersAppendix I – Creating a Rubric to Evaluate AnswersAppendix J - Sample Survey of New HiresAppendix K- Review of Annual HiringAppendix L – Evaluation of New Teacher OrientationAppendix M – New Teacher Orientation Active Learning StrategiesAppendix N - Mentor Application Appendix O - Evaluation of Mentor TrainingAppendix P - Mentor and New Teacher Discussion ListAppendix Q - Evaluation of the Mentoring Program (Mentor’s Perspective)Appendix R - Evaluation of the Mentoring Program (New Teacher’s Perspective)Appendix S - New Teacher Professional Development SurveyAppendix T – Lesson Plan on Parent Communication and ConferencesAppendix U– Lesson Plan for New Teacher Workshop on Classroom ManagementAppendix V – Year One Induction Workshop EvaluationAppendix W – Observation Pre-conference WorksheetAppendix X – Verbatim NotesAppendix Y – Observation Post-conference TemplateAppendix Z – First Classroom Walk-Through ChecklistAppendix AA – The Walk-Through Observation Appendix BB – Panel Discussion on Earning a Masters DegreeAppendix CC – Teachers’ Needs and WishesAppendix DD – Parent Satisfaction SurveyAppendix EE – Survey of School Climate TeachersAppendix FF – Four-step Approach for Classroom ManagementAppendix GG – A Four-Step Instructional PlanAppendix HH – Sample Quick Teacher SurveyAppendix II – Stress Management SurveyAppendix JJ – Time Management ActivitiesReferencesAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.8.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-2839-X / 147582839X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-2839-9 / 9781475828399