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Title Mentoring as the core element of new teacher induction in the USA: policies and practices
 
Names Zembytska, M.
Date Issued 2016 (iso8601)
Abstract The paper focuses on mentoring as the key strategy of novice teacher induction in
the USA. The study reviews current mentoring/induction policies and trends in the U.S. system
of in-service teacher training and support. The findings suggest that the conceptual framework,
standards and practices of new teacher mentoring in the United States conform to the
dynamic trends in education and organizational management. The conceptual modification
of teacher mentoring manifests itself in the development of comprehensive and sustained
formal induction programs based on the theories of educational leadership, adult learning,
social interaction and collaborative learning. Quality induction programs are context-based
and involve multiple stakeholders (schools, school districts, local educational organizations and
agencies, partner universities, state departments of education etc). Diverse forms of mentoring
(one-to-one, peer, group, reciprocal, online and needs-driven mentoring, etc.) are extensively
combined with other induction components offered to beginning teachers and mentors during
the whole induction period. The induction components include: summer courses, orientation
sessions, workshops, seminars, webinars, conferences, interviews, informal meetings and
celebrations, district-based mentor training programs etc. The quantitative data obtained
through the analysis of the U.S. national surveys and research reports provides ground for
highlighting those mentoring and induction programs which have significantly decreased
turnover rates among new teachers, contributed to their professional development and improved
academic achievement in public schools by providing students with quality instruction.
Genre Стаття
Topic mentoring
Identifier Zembytska M. Mentoring as the core element of new teacher induction in the USA: policies and practices / M. Zembytska // Comparative Professional Pedagogy : Scientific Journal. – Kyiv-Khmelnytskyi : KhNU, 2016. – Vol. 6, Iss. 2. – P. 67-73.