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Teacher Induction Programs

Teacher induction programs tend to be comprehensive projects aimed at inducting the beginning teacher into the climate, practices, and general environment of a given school/school district (Young, 1993). Commonly, Young (1993) reports, the teacher induction program includes one or more of six basic elements: planning, mentors, seminars, coaching, networking, and "celebrating" the completed experience. According to Cole and McNay (1989), the first year teacher induction program can be considered to be a logical extension of the student teaching experience and the next reasonable step in long-term teacher development.

The proposed research will examine the effectiveness of the New Teacher Induction and Mentoring Program initiated by the Dougherty County School System during the 1996-1997 school term for the purpose of increasing the retention rates of new teachers. So that the study may be placed in context, this chapter of the proposal reviews the pertinent research.

The presented review begins with a brief historical look at the role of mentoring in the profession. This is followed by a delineation and discussion of the empirical research investigating the effects of mentoring/induction programs on teacher retention.

The next section of the review examines the empirical research on the effects of mentoring/induction programs other than retention, i.e., effects on teacher attitudes toward and satisfaction with the process, perceived degree of emotional support, etc. The final section of the chapter presents a series of conclusions about the effects of mentoring programs and the general state of the existing knowledge base formulated on the basis of the reviewed research.

According to Feiman-Nemser (1996), mentoring became a serious educational focus during the early 1980s as part of a broad reform movement aimed at improving education, policymakers and educational leaders; the goals of this movement were said to inv...

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