Urban Teacher Education part of the Education Reform Network

Supporting Beginning Teachers

Link: http://eric2.uoregon.edu/search_find/abstracts/detail.php?CHNO=EA031416

Twenty to 30 percent of new teachers leave the field within 3 years, 9.3 percent do not even make it through their first year, and after 5 years 50 percent have left teaching. Unlike most other fields, in which new hires spend years training and building up to more challenging assignments, first-year teachers are generally expected to take on the same duties and responsibilities as people who have been teaching 20 years. Lacking the seniority of veteran educators, most new teachers have the most difficult assignments: remedial classes, multiple preparations, and students with challenging needs. It is no wonder that when teachers are simply left to sink or swim, so many beginners leave the profession. The consequences of ignoring this problem are clear. Student learning and school performance are directly related to teacher effectiveness; schools with a high percentage of less experienced teachers have lower scores on measures of school effectiveness; and the process of recruiting and training replacements is expensive. This report provides a synthesis of recent research, describes programs that support beginning teachers, and offers tips for beginners and their mentors. No matter how well new teachers are prepared in college, they will require guidance and support from administration and experienced fellow teachers. (Contains 39 references.) (RKJ)

• Cataloged: 2003-01-25
• Contributor: mailto:[email protected]
• Author/Creator: Brewster, Cori
• Publisher: Northwest Regional Educational laboratory
• Source: ERIC
• Resource Availability: 200 OK

This resource is cataloged under:

• Beneficiary: Global: National Organizations
• Beneficiary: Individual: Administrators
• Beneficiary: Individual: College / University Instructors
• Beneficiary: Individual: Curriculum Supervisors
• Beneficiary: Individual: Educational Support Personnel
• Beneficiary: Individual: Librarians
• Beneficiary: Individual: Policy-Makers
• Beneficiary: Individual: Students
• Beneficiary: Individual: Student Teachers
• Beneficiary: Individual: Supervisors
• Beneficiary: Individual: Teacher Educators
• Beneficiary: Individual: Teachers
• Beneficiary: Individual: Teachers: Elementary School Teachers
• Beneficiary: Individual: Teachers: Middle School Teachers
• Beneficiary: Learning organization / school system: Higher Education
• Beneficiary: Learning organization / school system: Teacher Preparation Programs
• Beneficiary: Region: Professional Associations
• Beneficiary: Region: State Departments of Education
• Educational Type: Collection
• Educational Type: Research study
• Language: English
• Learning Type: Narrative Text
• Network/channel: Urban Teacher Education
• Network/channel: Urban Teacher Education: Induction: Mentoring and Coaching
• Network/channel: Urban Teacher Education: Induction: Models
• Resource Type: Text

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