Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction

Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction
Author: Eric Isenberg
Publisher:
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2009
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One of the main policy responses to the problems of turnover and inadequate preparation among beginning teachers is to support them with a formal, comprehensive induction program. Congressional interest in formal, comprehensive teacher induction has grown in recent years. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), emphasizes the importance of teacher quality in student improvement. Title II, Part A of ESEA--the Improving Teacher Quality State Grants program--provides nearly $3 billion a year to states to train, recruit, and prepare high quality teachers. The implementation of teacher induction programs is one allowable use of these funds. Current discussions on the reauthorization of NCLB argue for a continued focus on supporting teachers through professional development opportunities and teacher mentoring programs, with a call to fund "proven models" to meet these objectives. In addition, the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 authorizes grants that include teacher induction or mentoring programs for new teachers. These initiatives highlight the need to conduct rigorous research to determine whether comprehensive teacher induction programs produce a measurable impact on teacher retention and other positive outcomes for teachers and students. The National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance within the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES) contracted with Mathematica Policy Research (MPR) to address this issue by evaluating the impact of structured and intensive teacher induction programs over a three year time period, beginning when teachers first enter the teaching profession. An earlier report (Glazerman et al. 2008) presented results from the first year of the evaluation. The current report presents findings from the second year of the evaluation and a future report will present findings from the third and final year. Appendices include: (1) Analytic Methods; (2) Supplementary Figures: Impacts by District; (3) Sensitivity Analyses and Supplemental Tables for Chapter V; (4) Sensitivity Analyses and Supplemental Tables for Chapter VI; (5) Impacts on Teacher Preparedness (Two-Year Districts); and (6) Sensitivity Analyses for Chapter VII. (Contains 105 tables, 22 figures and 59 footnotes.) [For the "Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the First Year of a Randomized Controlled Study. NCEE 2009-4034," see ED503061.].

Past, Present, and Future Research on Teacher Induction

Past, Present, and Future Research on Teacher Induction
Author: Jian Wang
Publisher: R&L Education
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2010-07-16
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1607097648

This anthology on teacher induction research is intended for researchers, policy makers, and practitioners in the field of teacher induction both nationally and internationally. This book is the final and major project of the Association of Teacher Educators' (ATE) Commission on Teacher Induction and Mentoring. Its importance is derived from three sources: (1) careful conceptualization of teacher induction from historical, methodological, and international perspectives; (2) systematic reviews of research literature relevant to various aspects of teacher induction including its social, cultural, and political contexts, program components and forms, and the range of its effects; (3) substantial empirical studies on the important issues of teacher induction with different kinds of methodologies that exemplify future directions and approaches to the research in teacher induction. The content of the book has direct implications for ATE's membership since part of the ATE mission is to provide opportunities for personal and professional growth of the Association membership whether members are researchers, policy makers, or practitioners in teacher learning and/or teacher induction.

Keeping Good Teachers

Keeping Good Teachers
Author: Marge Scherer
Publisher: ASCD
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2003-12
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1416601007

This book offers suggestions on how to retain good teachers, from strategies for welcoming new teachers to ideas for how to make veteran teachers feel valued.

WWC Quick Review of the Report "Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction

WWC Quick Review of the Report
Author: What Works Clearinghouse (ED)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 2
Release: 2009
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The selected study examined the effects of comprehensive teacher induction (CTI) programs on teacher outcomes and student achievement. Within participating school districts, schools were randomly assigned to offer their beginning teachers either a CTI program or the district's standard induction program. Within the group participating in CTI, the study examined CTI's effects on teacher practice and teacher retention. This review examines the study's teacher retention analysis. Study authors reported no statistically significant effects of the CTI program on teacher retention rates after one year, nor on the proportion who remained in the teaching profession a year later. Authors also reported no effects of the CTI program on student reading or math achievement. What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) found the analysis of teacher outcomes to be consistent with WWC evidence standards. Analysis of student outcomes was found to be consistent with WWC standards with reservations, as CTI students may have been different from control students in ways not controlled for in the study. [The following report was the focus of this "Quick Review": "Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the First Year of a Randomized Controlled Study" (NCEE 2009-4034). S. Glazerman, S. Dolfin, M. Bleeker, A. Johnson, E. Isenberg, J. Lugo-Gil, M. Grider, and E. Britton. National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. 2008. For study report, see ED503061.].

Comprehensive Teacher Induction. NCEE Evaluation Brief. NCEE 2009-4069

Comprehensive Teacher Induction. NCEE Evaluation Brief. NCEE 2009-4069
Author: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (ED)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 4
Release: 2009
Genre:
ISBN:

One of the main policy responses to turnover and inadequate preparation among beginning teachers is supporting them with an induction program. Informal or low-intensity teacher induction programs are prevalent and include pairing each new teacher with another full-time teacher without providing training, supplemental materials, or release time for the induction. Much less common is induction that is intensive, comprehensive, structured, and delivered sequentially in response to a teacher's emerging pedagogical needs. But there is little evidence on whether investing more resources in a more comprehensive, and more expensive, induction program would help districts attract, develop, and retain beginning teachers. This study examines whether comprehensive teacher induction programs lead to higher teacher retention rates and to other positive teacher and student outcomes compared with the prevailing, generally less comprehensive approaches to supporting new teachers. After the first year, comprehensive induction made a difference only in the support received by beginning teachers. It had no impact on teacher practices, student test scores, teacher retention, or the characteristics of a district's teaching force. (Contains 2 notes.) [For the full report, "Impacts of Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Results from the First Year of a Randomized Controlled Study. NCEE 2009-4034," see ED503061.].