Teacher Retention

What is Your Weakest Link?
1. Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-1-930556-36-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

This book is for you if you are:

- challenged by the number of teacher vacancies at the start of your school year
- finding that your most promising teachers are resigning before they complete their first few years on the job
- no longer willing to accept that your veteran teachers are just marking time until their retirement

Best-selling author India Podsen shows you how to
- uncover and analyze retention risks at your school
- implement induction programs to help novices master the realities of full-time teaching

- engage your experienced teachers in the retention process
- apply the Professional Educator Career Framework, consisting of Four Career Stages:

- teacher inductee
- teacher specialist
- teacher leader
- teacher steward

This book provides school leaders with practical suggestions and easy-to-use tools such as:

- checklists and action plans
- sample meeting programs and agendas
- evaluation templates
- benchmarks and standards
all designed to help you deal successfully with teacher shortages and related problems.

Zielgruppe

Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Podsen, India

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Methoden des Lehrens und Lernens

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Sizing Up the Situation; Chapter 1 Teacher Shortages: A Profession at Risk; Chapter 2 Career Staging: A Professional Framework; Chapter 3 Teacher Retention Profile; Part 2 Professional Career Framework; Chapter 4 Career Induction; Chapter 5 Reducing the Risk Factors; Chapter 6 Mentoring: Doing the Right Thing; Chapter 7 Implications for Continuous Professional Learning; Chapter 8 Fostering and Valuing Expertise; Chapter 9 Teachers Leading Teachers; Chapter 10 Professional Continuity and Commitment;

Über Autor(innen)

Podsen, India