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Huntly, Helen Eva, and h. huntly@cqu edu au. "Beginning Teachers' Conceptions of Competence." Central Queensland University. Education and Innovation, 2003. http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au./thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20050512.134448.

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The focus of this study is the phenomenon of beginning teacher competence. In Queensland, the context for the research presented here, the competence of beginning teachers is appraised by their supervisor (usually the principal) at the end of their first year of full-time employment. This appraisal is conducted on behalf of the Queensland Board of Teacher Registration and a positive outcome enables beginning teachers to achieve full teacher registration. Although there exists research suggesting that principals bring to the appraisal process their conceptions of competence, there is a dearth of knowledge about beginning teachers' conceptions of their own teaching competence. The research presented here adds to the debate about competence by including the voice of the beginning teacher. This focus, located within the context of local issues, is used to explore important themes that are relevant to other systems of beginning teacher appraisal. The selection of phenomenography as the research approach adopted for this study is based on its appropriateness to the investigation of a phenomenon such as competence. Phenomenography aims to describe, analyse and understand the ways in which people experience aspects of the world around them. The point of departure that sets apart this approach from many others, is the principle that phenomenography seeks to investigate neither the phenomenon, nor the people who experience the phenomenon, but the relation between the two. The results of a phenomenographic study are presented as a description of all of the possible conceptions that a specific group can have about a particular phenomenon. For the research presented here, eighteen beginning teachers were interviewed individually in order to identify and describe the variation in their conceptions of competence. Research participants representing State, Catholic and Independent school systems were drawn from preschools, special, primary and secondary schools of one provincial city, in one regional area of South East Queensland. Two major outcomes emerged from the research presented here. Firstly, beginning teachers were identified as experiencing competence in a number of ways. Although these conceptions were varied, their number was quite limited. Six distinct conceptions of beginning teacher competence were identified, with a further finding that individual beginning teachers were not limited to one conception, but conceived of competence in multiple ways. Because the relational nature of competence demands that it be investigated within the context in which it is experienced, this study also identified five different approaches to competence appraisal, as understood by the beginning teachers who had undergone the appraisal process. Comparisons of both conceptions of competence and approaches to appraisal were then compared to existing research in this area. This thesis presents an alternative view of competence and appraisal that may be used to further develop the process of appraisal and indeed, the professional development of beginning teachers.
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Thompson, Robert. "Appraising beginning teachers: Principals' conceptions of competence." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1998. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36575/1/36575_Digitised%20Thesis.pdf.

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The focus of this study is the phenomenon of beginning teacher competence. The teacher registration process in the Australian state of Queensland is used as a context for the study with the intention of identifying issues relevant to beginning teacher competence and appraisal. In Queensland, the competence of beginning teachers employed in state and independent schools is appraised by the school principal in the first year of teaching. Accordingly, the research investigates principals' differing conceptions of competence and determines how these impact on the processes used to appraise beginning teachers. Such a focus located within the context of local issues is used to explore important themes that are relevant to other systems of beginning teacher appraisal. The research represents an innovative approach to the study of beginning teacher competence and appraisal. An approach of this kind is a shift in paradigm from one where evidence of beginning teacher competence is seen as being incorporated in a traditional checklist appraisal system, to one where the intention is to understand competence from the perspective of principals. The selection of phenomenography as the research approach adopted for this study is based on its 'goodness of fit' and appropriateness to the object of inquiry. Phenomenography aims to describe, analyse and understand the meaningthat people ascribe to the world and how they construe significant phenomena. The central concern of phenomenographers is not with the phenomenon being investigated, nor with the people who are experiencing the phenomenon but the relation between the two. Phenomenography attempts to bring all conceptions of a phenomenon into the light and tries to describe them on equal terms, tries to understand, systematise and order them in relation to each other. In this study twenty-seven primary school principals were interviewed individually in order to identify the variation in their conceptions of competence and approaches to appraisal. Primary principals from 23 state schools, 1 special school and 3 independent schools of one provincial city and sun-ounds, in one regional area of Central Queensland, participated in the research. There were three major outcomes that emerged from this study. Firstly, the data shows that principals have different conceptions of what beginning teacher competence is, although, at the same time, it reveals that the number of qualitatively different conceptions is quite limited. Seven distinct conceptions of beginning teacher competence were identified. While all seven conceptions describe the phenomenon of beginning teacher competence, the findings of this study suggest that different principals emphasise some conceptions more than others in making their appraisals. Secondly, the study identifies five different appraisal approaches that principals report they use in making judgements regarding beginning teacher competence. Principals reveal that they use three incidental approaches to appraisal and collect data 'on the run' based on brief encounters or little incidents. The study argues that the type of results of such incidental encounters often hinges on whether a principal uses an inspectorial or collegial style of appraisal. Thirdly, it is the contention of the present study that beginning teacher competence has to be understood as a complex, dynamic interplay within and among the different conceptions of competence, approaches to appraisal and the levels of competence principals ascribe to beginning teachers. The thesis presents a relational model of competence that reflects this complex 'picture' of the phenomenon of beginning teacher competence. It is proposed that the model can be used as an alternative framework to think more deeply about the appraisal of beginning teacher competence and how it might be further developed.
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Moore, Donald E. "The relationship among selected appraisals in predicting effective beginning teaching." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/774741.

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Beginning school teachers in Indiana in school years 1986-87 and 1987-88 who graduated from Ball State University, Indiana State University, Indiana University, and Purdue University (D=1,607) were studied to determine the relationship of NTE Core Battery subtest scores, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores, and undergraduate grade point average (GPA) to beginning teaching effectiveness as measured by the Beginning Teacher Assessment Inventory (BTAI). The BTAI is an inventory listing eight criteria for which a beginning teacher must demonstrate minimal competence in order to complete the Indiana internship requirement. Findings were based on an analysis of data obtained from 663 beginning teachers in 163 Indiana school corporations. No empirical evidence indicated that NTE Core Battery subtest scores provide useful information for predicting beginning teaching effectiveness. Undergraduate grade point average (GPA) provided more accurate predictions of beginning teaching effectiveness than did the NTE Core Batter subtests. The ability of Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores to possess a statistically significant relationship with values on the Beginning TeacherAssessment Inventory (BTAI) was not substantiated. Females systematically scored higher than males on the BTAI assessment areas. Results were consistent for graduates from all four major state universities in the study.
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Stevens, Gary E. Kennedy Larry DeWitt. "Perceptions of teaching by beginning teachers an ethnographic study of beginning teachers /." Normal, Ill. Illinois State University, 1992. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ilstu/fullcit?p9311290.

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Thesis (Ed. D.)--Illinois State University, 1992.
Title from title page screen, viewed February 6, 2006. Dissertation Committee: Larry D. Kennedy (chair), G. Thomas Baer, Barbara S. Heyl, Jeanne B. Morris. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 249-265) and abstract. Also available in print.
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Akdag, Zeynep. "Beginning Early Childhood Education Teachers." Phd thesis, METU, 2013. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615312/index.pdf.

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The aim of this study was to scrutinize perceptions, expectations and concerns of pre-service early childhood education (ECE) teachers before they start their careers and their challenges in their first year as they became beginning teachers. This study also focused on documenting public school contexts where beginning teachers have been either supported and given the opportunity to develop as successful teachers or discouraged and left alone with the challenges in their first year of teaching. In order to investigate this phenomenon, 16 pre-service early childhood education teachers studying at the same teacher education program were interviewed about their perceptions, expectations and concerns on their future profession immediately before their graduation. Participating teachers started to teach in public schools at different cities after their graduation. They were interviewed at the end of the first and the second semester they taught about their experiences and difficulties, and positive aspects of working in public schools. Moustakas&rsquo
s phenomenological analysis was utilized to analyze data from interviews in which beginning teachers reflected on their experiences in teacher education program and of being new teachers in public school context in Turkey. Findings have revealed that pre-service teachers were aware of many difficulties in public schools and ready to contend with those difficulties, yet some of the challenges they faced were beyond their initial anticipation. All those challenges were originated from teacher education program, Ministry of National Education&rsquo
s system itself, and local condition where beginning teachers were appointed. Suggestions for teacher education programs, Ministry of National Education, and administrators were proposed.
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Low, Janie Chinami Matsumoto. "Classroom management inservice for beginning teachers." Scholarly Commons, 1989. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/3325.

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The purpose of this study was to expand and clarify the understanding of how an inservice training program which incorporated research-based classroom management principles and practices combined with coaching techniques would enable new teachers to reduce class rates of off task behavior and feel more self-efficacious about their classroom management skills. Data on the occurrence of three categories of off task behavior for students in 6 classrooms in a single school district in central California were collected during pre-treatment and post-treatment conditions and during a maintenance condition for experimental group classes only. During the interval between the two conditions, the 3 experimental group teachers participated in an inservice training program developed by the investigator. The classrooms were paired, 1 experimental and 1 control, within schools for grade level and the teachers' years of experience. Information from pre-questionnaires and post-questionnaires/interviews was used to assess the teachers' feelings of self-efficacy related to classroom management and the effects of participation in the inservice training experiences on those feelings of self-efficacy. A descriptive analysis of the observation data did not indicate a positive effect from the inservice training experiences from either baseline to post-treatment or post-treatment to maintenance observations. However, information from the post-questionnaires/interviews indicated that the 3 experimental group teachers strongly felt that the inservice training experiences had positively affected their feelings of competence and control in the classroom. A possible reason for the conflicting findings may have been that the inservice experiences helped the teachers to reconceptualize their beliefs and expectations about classroom management. This study supports the hypothesis that inservice training which incorporates research-based practices of effective classroom management and coaching techniques embedded in a collegial approach result in the improvement of teachers' feelings of self-efficacy. This study recommends that beginning teachers, especially in inner-city schools, desperately need psychological support as well as personalized inservice training in effective teaching and classroom management methodology during their early years in teaching.
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McConnell, Marcella Kay. "SECONDARY MATHEMATICS PRESERVICE TEACHERS' BEGINNING STORY." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1447277739.

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Jones, Thomas P. "A new beginning teacher induction program /." Full text available online, 2005. http://www.lib.rowan.edu/find/theses.

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Diffey, Keith Russell. "The teacher appraisal interview." n.p, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Woods, Sean A. "Classroom Management| Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of Preparedness." Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10027099.

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Classroom management has been the focal point of many different studies and research projects. Unfortunately, it has also been cited as one of the top three reasons teachers leave the field of education not only today, but for the last 40 years (Berry, 2010). There is a need for an understanding of the implications of past classroom management research trends, styles, and strategies that are popular but have not worked in the past. Realizing further research in teacher training programs was needed, this study included examinations of perceptions of teachers about how well prepared they were for the classroom environment, how effective they felt when dealing with issues in the classroom, and what teachers feel prepared them most to handle classroom management issues. To collect data, a mixed method study was conducted. A quantitative survey was used to gather perceptions of teachers using a Likert scale. A qualitative interview was conducted to gather perceptions of teachers, and a custom matrix was used to record responses from interview transcriptions. To validate data from the survey and interview, a literature review was compiled and compared to survey and interview results. Findings indicated mentoring and feedback from mentors and administrators helped teachers to feel better prepared for classroom management. Teachers felt more prepared for classroom management after their first year of teaching and after accepting their first job than they did prior to teaching, and those who had prior life experiences outside of teaching felt more prepared than those who did not. Likewise, engaging lessons and positive teacher and student relationships helped teachers to feel more effective in handling classroom management issues.

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Hippler, Brooke Jenkins. "Self-management by beginning special education teachers /." The Ohio State University, 2000. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1488199501406811.

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Ahles, Laura Marie. "Beginning Teachers' Experiences and Use of Time." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1280.

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New teachers in a southeast Texas school district are having difficulty using their time effectively for instruction while balancing a multitude of tasks. New work responsibilities for teachers are contributing to teacher burnout and early attrition. The purpose of this study was to examine new teachers and administrators perceptions of novice teacher practices and their daily use of time. Apple s theory of intensification was used as the conceptual framework for this study. A case study design was employed to answer research questions regarding how procedures and policies affect teachers time, teacher perceptions about prior experiences with managing multiple responsibilities, and how administrators can best support new teachers at work. Data were collected from 5 novice teachers and 2 administrators using open-ended researcher-designed questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, and time diaries. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis and coding to develop 3 major themes defining the needs and challenges for beginning teachers: time management, mentorship, and administrative support. A 3-day professional development project was created for new teachers and administrators to both educate beginning teachers about prioritizing tasks and effective time management and to reinforce the need for administrators to participate in induction practices. Providing induction training would enhance new teacher orientation week without adding to the regular school year workload of novice teachers. It is hoped that by training novice teachers and administrators to use teacher time effectively, positive social change could be accomplished by reducing teacher burnout and increasing new teacher retention, resulting in improved teaching and learning in the target school district.
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Hung, Li-Ching. "Understanding the challenges faced by beginning MAT teachers." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2007. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-09242007-095815.

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Juck, Matthew Anthony. "Exploring how coteaching impacted beginning science teachers' agency." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 2.66 Mb., 181 p, 2006. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:1435858.

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Lassila, E. T. (Erkki T. ). "Tensions in the relationships:exploring Japanese beginning teachers’ stories." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2017. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526214764.

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Abstract This research examines stories told by beginning teachers’ and asks what kinds of tensions characterise their work? In earlier research tensions have been seen as personal, but here the emphasis is on how they are embedded and born in the interaction between the teachers and the relational and micropolitical environments of their schools. Tensions refer to situations, where teachers do not know how to act correctly, when two or more values or views conflict and several possible justifiable courses for action exist. Tensions are not emotions, but they are often accompanied by a strong emotional experiences. Tensions are often seen just as problems, but they can also contribute to professional growth. The empirical part is based on the basic view in narrative research, where telling stories is understood as a means through which people make sense of themselves and the world around them. The main research material are stories produced in interviews with sixteen (16) Japanese beginning teachers. For one sub-study, interviews with seven (7) senior teachers and field notes in one junior high school were also produced. In the analysis, holistic reading of individual stories, multi-voiced analysis of one narrative environment and a more traditional thematic analysis were utilised. The results show how the tensions in beginning teachers’ work are connected to their ideals on being a good teacher conflicting with expectations in the micropolitical environment of the schools. As a junior, the beginning teacher is expected to assume an obedient position with their seniors. The results also show how the views on being a good teacher emphasize putting common interests and responsibilities over personal matters. By acting against the expectations, the beginning teacher may risk harming the very important collegial relationships and therefore often decides to give up his or her ideals. The tensions are therefore born from the teacher having to give up his or her ideals and assuming opposing views. Learning how to deal and live with these relational and micropolitical tensions is connected to teacher well-being and attrition. Therefore, it is recommendable that tensions are paid sufficient attention to in both teacher education and in the schools
Tiivistelmä Tutkimukseni tarkastelee aloittelevien opettajien tarinoita ja vastaa kysymykseen: millaiset jännitteet luonnehtivat heidän työtään? Aiemmassa tutkimuksessa jännitteitä on pidetty henkilökohtaisina, mutta tässä tutkimuksessa painotetaan sitä, kuinka ne kietoutuvat ja syntyvät opettajien ja heidän koulujensa sosiaalisen ja mikropoliittisen ympäristön välisessä vuorovaikutuksessa. Jännitteet viittaavat tilanteisiin, joissa opettajat eivät tiedä miten toimia, kun erilaiset arvot ja näkemykset ovat ristiriidassa ja perusteltuja toimintatapoja on useita. Jännitteet eivät ole tunteita, mutta niihin liittyy usein voimakkaita tunnekokemuksia. Usein niitä pidetään vain ongelmina, mutta ne voivat myös olla lähtökohtana ammatilliselle kasvulle. Tutkimuksen empiirinen osa rakentuu kerronnallisen tutkimuksen perusajatukselle tarinoiden kerronnasta kertojan tapana rakentaa ymmärrystä itsestä ja ympäröivästä maailmasta. Pääaineistona ovat kuudentoista (16) japanilaisen aloittelevan opettajan kanssa haastatteluissa tuotetut tarinat. Yhtä osatutkimusta varten myös haastateltiin seitsemää (7) kokenutta opettajaa sekä tuotettiin kenttämuistiinpanoja eräällä yläasteella. Analyysissä käytettiin niin holistista lukutapaa, moniäänistä kerronnallisen ympäristön analyysia kuin perinteistä temaattista sisällönanalyysiäkin. Tulokset osoittavat aloittelevien opettajien työn jännitteiden liittyvän siihen, kuinka heidän ihanteensa hyvästä opettajuudesta kohtaavat koulun mikropoliittisessa ympäristössä näiden ihanteiden kanssa vastakkaisia odotuksia. Aloittelevan opettajan oletetaan ottavan juniorina alisteisen aseman suhteessa senioreihin. Tulokset osoittavat myös, että näkemyksissä hyvästä opettajasta korostuu yhteisten velvoitteiden asettaminen opettajan henkilökohtaisten näkemysten edelle. Toimimalla näitä odotuksia vastaan aloitteleva opettaja saattaisi vaarantaa työn kannalta tärkeitä kollegasuhteita ja päätyy siksi usein luopumaan ihanteistaan. Tällöin jännite syntyy siitä, että aloitteleva opettaja joutuu ihanteidensa sijaan omaksumaan niiden vastaisia näkemyksiä. Näiden jännitteiden kanssa eläminen ja käsitteleminen kietoutuvat niin opettajien hyvinvointiin kuin työssä pysymiseen. Tämän vuoksi niihin tulisi kiinnittää riittävästi huomiota sekä opettajankoulutuksessa että työelämässä
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Pfister, Christina Cara. "Problems of beginning teachers at the secondary level." Related electronic resource: Current Research at SU : database of SU dissertations, recent titles available full text, 2006. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU0NWQmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=3739.

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Easterday, Debora L. "Retention of beginning teachers through comprehensive induction programs." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2007. http://165.236.235.140/lib/DEasterday2007.pdf.

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McCollum, Irish Phaletta. "Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of a Teacher Mentoring Program." ScholarWorks, 2014. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/152.

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The decline in teacher retention is a growing problem in the 21st century. Beginning teacher turnover rates have grown by 50% over the past decade, with the national rate increasing to over 20%. Beginning teachers entering the profession are leaving within their first 3 years, with half leaving the profession in the first 5 years. To meet their growing needs, districts and states spend billions of dollars to recruit, hire, and try to retain new teachers. The purpose of this case study was to examine beginning teachers' perceptions of their teacher mentoring program located in an urban school district. Bandura's social cognitive theory, socio-cultural theory, and Knowles's adult learning theory were used to frame this investigation. The research questions examined the extent to which beginning teachers perceived their current mentoring program's strengths and weaknesses, the mentoring strategies used, and the improvements that could be made to the program. Interview data and transcripts from 10 beginning teachers were examined through coding that established common themes among teacher perceptions. The results revealed the importance of having a mentor and the need for more structure, more collaboration, and more support in the program. The findings from this study were used to create a 3-day workshop that includes the identified themes. Implications for positive social change include strengthening mentoring programs through professional development with more attention to structure, collaboration, and support to help transition beginning teachers into the teaching profession so that they remain.
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White, Julie Anne. "Questions of identity : the researcher's quest for the beginning teacher /." Connect to thesis, 2004. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00002281.

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Lusty, M. G. F. "Teacher appraisal : teachers' perceptions of an LEA teacher appraisal scheme and its implementation." Thesis, Open University, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.292280.

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Giacometti, Karen S. Myers. "Factors affecting job satisfaction and retention of beginning teachers /." Blacksburg, Va. : University Libraries, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2005. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11152005-172907/.

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Chiang, Linda Hsueh-Ling. "A comparative study of impacts of the beginning teacher internship program on self concepts and career orientations of beginning teachers." Virtual Press, 1990. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/720293.

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The main purpose of the study was to explore the relationships between self concepts of beginning teachers as measured before and after an internship year. The second purpose of the study was to examine whether there were significant differences between beginning elementary teachers' expectations/experiences, attitudes and views before and after a year of participation in the Beginning Teacher Internship Program. A comparison of differences in perceptions between the findings obtained from the beginning elementary teachers and their cooperating principals was also conducted.The populations for the study included 138 beginning elementary teachers and 120 cooperating principals.Nine research questions were developed and tested using the data from participants who responded to this research. The t test at the .05 level of significant difference was administered in this study.The following results were obtained:1. There were no significant differences in the self concepts of beginning teachers from before participation in comparison to those self concepts held after a year's participation in the Beginning Teacher Internship Program as measured by the Self-perception Inventory. Within the instrument, three items of 36 yielded significant differences.2. There were significant differences before the start of the internship year between the expectations (7 of 12 items), attitudes (6 of 10 items), and views (3 of 3 items) held by beginning teachers and those held by their cooperating principals. Beginning teachers held more positive expectations, attitudes and views than did their cooperating principals.3. There were significant differences in 11 of 12 items after a year's experience with BTIP between the reported experiences of beginning teachers and the observed experiences of beginning teachers as reported by their principals. Beginning teachers reported more positive experiences than their principals.4. There were significant differences between the expectations/experiences (11 of 13 items), and attitudes (6 of 10 items) held by beginning teachers before and after participation in the BTIP.The educational implications of these findings were presented. Recommendations for further research and replication were also presented.
Department of Educational Leadership
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Zhang, Jizhi. "Teacher Education and Beginning Teachers' Teaching Practices:An Observational Study of First-year Teachers." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/195283.

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The purpose of this study was to examine whether first-year teachers' teaching practices improve across time and to identify whether school level (elementary, middle, and high) influences new teachers' teaching practices as measured by the observation instrument. Also, the study examined the relationships between first-year teachers' teaching practices, teacher education, school level, and school SES.The current research included two studies. Study One was carried out in the academic year 2003-2004, and Study Two in year 2004-2005. Both studies involved collecting teaching practices data through observations by trained researchers. Study One data were based upon observations of 113 first-year teachers and Study Two involved 139 first-year teachers. A correlational analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between first-year teachers' teaching practices and school SES. A mixed (2x3x2) Analysis of Variance model was employed to analyze how first-year teachers' teaching practices are influenced by types of teacher education, school level, and school SES.The study found that the majority of beginning teachers not only showed a desirable normative level of teaching practices, but also continued to teach at that level and made improvements as measured by the end of year teaching performance measure.Three main themes were found in this study: (1) Changes in first-year teaching practices across time were not correlated with school SES. (2) Elementary school teachers were observed to be more effective in Classroom Management practices. (3) There were significant interaction (time by teacher education and school level) effects on new teachers' teaching practices in Study Two. The results indicated that the study of teacher education requires a complex design. Different types of teacher preparation paths might suit in different contexts.
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Moran, Sarah A. "Case Study of Online Mentoring's Effectiveness for Beginning Teachers." Thesis, Lindenwood University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3666902.

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Because of the increase of online education options and the continuously increasing demands on teacher time, this case study analyzed online mentoring's effectiveness for beginning teachers in one Midwestern school. Specifically, the case study analyzed what, if any, the effects were of including an online learning forum to modify the traditional teacher mentoring program as well as the experiences of the mentees. A further analysis was conducted considering the administrator's role in the creation and facilitation of an online learning forum for teacher mentoring. To guide the creation and maintenance of the online learning forum, the participating teachers completed the survey 'Beginning Teacher's Views on Practice' three times throughout the year of research. Both quantitative survey data as well as qualitative data including in-depth interviews and discussion board posts were later analyzed. From the survey analysis it was concluded that of the 12 areas of needed development indicated by the participating teachers, nine indicated minimal to strong positive growth. This level of growth indicated the online learning forum was able to provide beginning teachers with necessary career development. In regard to the experience of the mentees, through indepth surveys it was indicated that the online mentoring program often reflected aspects of previously conducted research; however, most importantly, the online learning forum experience provided a structured but personalized approach to learning. Considering the administrator's role in the facilitation of the online learning forum, it was concluded that the role is complex in that no matter the amount of trust and community built between the administrator and the beginning teachers, there is still a supervisor-subordinate relationship that is difficult to overcome. Although this case study offers a general context of an online learning forum for beginning teachers, further studies should investigate a larger number of participants who span several schools or several districts to increase participation and variety of perceptions and experiences. Further, it would be advantageous to investigate how multiple, non-administrative mentors who maintain the online learning forum affect the participants' experiences.

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CORREA, PRISCILA MONTEIRO. "BEGINNING TEACHERS AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN LITERACY CYCLE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25929@1.

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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO
COORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE EXCELENCIA ACADEMICA
O professor iniciante e o início de sua carreira têm merecido pouca atenção por parte dos pesquisadores brasileiros, embora seja uma fase importante para a construção da identidade e desenvolvimento profissional do professor. O objetivo mais amplo desta pesquisa foi compreender como o professor iniciante constrói sua aprendizagem profissional no ciclo de alfabetização de modo a se desenvolver profissionalmente. Parti, para realizá-lo, das ideias de que o professor é um sujeito ativo no seu processo de aprendizagem, capaz de relacionar suas experiências formativas e práticas (MARCELO GARCIA, 2009) e de que, ao ser inserido na carreira, ele passa por um ciclo de aprendizagem profissional (HUBERMAN, 1992). A pesquisa foi realizada com 6 professores, com tempo de experiência profissional variando entre 2 e 4 anos, que atuavam ou tinham atuado no ciclo de alfabetização na fase de iniciação (HUBERMAN, 1992), em escolas públicas – municipais e federais – e privadas do município do Rio de Janeiro. Adotei o procedimento metodológico de entrevistas semiestruturadas, entendidas como espaços de produção de narrativas que, como texto que são, abrem-se a múltiplas interpretações (KRAMER, 2002). Compartilho com Emilia Freitas de Lima (2006) o pressuposto de que a formação de professores é um processo contínuo, sem um fim estabelecido a priori, do qual fazem parte a experiência acumulada durante a passagem pela escola enquanto estudante; a formação profissional específica – formação inicial –; a iniciação na carreira e a passagem de estudante a professor e a formação contínua. A primeira parte das análises se concentrou nas trajetórias dos professores na educação básica, passando pela formação – inicial e contínua – e chegando até suas atuais experiências e práticas como professores em início de carreira. As análises foram fundamentadas nos conceitos de campo, habitus, capital e estratégias da Sociologia de Pierre Bourdieu (2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013). Destacam-se a opção pela docência marcada por uma não escolha (LELIS, 1996) e a presença da família incentivando, apoiando, influenciando ou rejeitando essa opção (NOGUEIRA, 1998). A segunda parte se estruturou a partir de dois eixos que emergiram das narrativas como significativos para a compreensão do problema de pesquisa: o início e os meios. Com relação ao primeiro, foi possível chegar à conclusão de que as dificuldades inerentes ao início da carreira, tais como mau comportamento dos alunos, competição entre os colegas e interferência dos pais são mais facilmente superadas com o apoio da equipe gestora da escola. No que diz respeito aos meios foram relatadas práticas pedagógicas de leitura e escrita, bem como autores de referência em torno da alfabetização, enfatizando a centralidade desse período do ensino fundamental, que demanda conhecimentos específicos tanto da parte de quem ensina, quanto da parte de quem aprende. Considerando o início da docência como uma fase diferenciada, com características e necessidades próprias, que demanda apoio e formação específicos (MARCELO, 1999, 2011; MARIANO, 2006; PAPI E MARTINS, 2010), a pesquisa destaca a necessidade de viabilizar um maior apoio institucional ao professor (alfabetizador) iniciante nas escolas, aliado a programas e políticas de iniciação/inserção e formação.
Despite of being an important stage for the development of its professional identity, the early stages of professor s professional career seems to be yet underexplored by Brazilian researchers. From the perspective that professors have an active role on their learning process, able to connect their practical and theoretical experiences (MARCELO GARCIA, 2009), and once initiated on their careers they go through a professional learning cycle (HUBERMAN, 1992), the broader aim of this research is to understand how professors on their early stages build their professional learning at the literacy cycle, connecting its theoretical and practical experiences in order to obtain professional development. Present research was completed with six professors with professional experience between 2 and 5 years, that have currently or past experience at the literacy cycle on the initiation stage (HUBERMAN, 1992); at public schools – municipal and federal – and private schools within Rio de Janeiro city. Interviews were used as a methodological tool. Interviews, understood as narrative production spaces, give room for multiple interpretations (KRAMER, 2002). Based on Lima s (2006) assumption that professor s development is a continuous process, without a firm established end, in which takes part its own experience as a student; specific professor formation – undergraduate degree - ; career commencement and its passage from student to professor to continuous development, first phase of the analysis was concentrated on the professors paths at the basic education, passing through formation – initial and continuous – up to their current practices and experiences as early stage professors. Analysis were completed having Bourdieu (2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) concepts of habitus, strategy and capital as drivers. It should be highlighted the option for a professorial career as a nonoption (LELIS, 1996) and family s influence, either supporting or rejecting this option (NOGUEIRA, 1998). Second phase was structured based on three axis that arose from the narratives as important for the research problem understanding: early stages, learning and literacy cycle. Regarding the early stages it was possible to conclude that difficulties associated with early stages of the career, such as students behaviour; competition among colleagues and parents interference are easily overcome with support given by school managerial team. In connection to the learning process, professor were unanimous in point the insufficiency of their degree, highlighting their relationship with their pairs – either within the school and outside the school as a privileged element of its professional learning. Finally, regarding the literacy cycle, pedagogical practices such as reading and writing, together with prestigious authors and public policy associated with literacy, highlighting the key importance of such period of the fundamental cycle, which demands specific knowledge (TARDIF, 2007) have been described by professors interviewed. Considering the early stages of a professor career as a differential stage, with particular characteristics and needs, demanding specific support and education (MARCELO, 1999, 2011; MARIANO, 2006; PAPI E MARTINS, 2010) current research highlights the need for a major institutional support for the literacy professors in the early stages of their career, complemented by induction/ introduction policies together with continuous developing programs.
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Hale, Kimberly D. "Beginning Teachers Need Your Support: A “How to” Guide." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2003. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7036.

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Watson, Donna Hardy. "Learning Mathematics in Appalachia: Life Histories of Beginning Teachers." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29045.

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Life stories were constructed for three young women from Appalachia to explore their mathematics experiences as students in public schools of the region. Data sources included interviews, school records, and a self-drawn chart of estimated mathematics ability for each year, from kindergarten through twelfth grade. A cross-case analysis revealed similar characteristics among the three women including shyness, difficulty with middle school mathematics and with high school geometry, the choice not to take a mathematics course in the last year of high school, and an awareness of a negative Appalachian stereotype. The mathematics education received by all the women was inadequate as demonstrated by their self-created graphs, their life story accounts, and their initial difficulties in making the minimum required score on the Praxis I Mathematics test. Their subsequent successes in graduating from college can be attributed to their own motivation and tenacity in addition to the encouragement of their families and some teachers. Connections to Standards-based reform in mathematics education include questions about the teaching and learning of geometry and about opportunities for students, especially females, to participate in mathematical discourse throughout their school mathematics experiences, a situation impacted by their expressed shyness and by overt and subtle incidences of gender and racial biases. Appalachian cultural connections seem to be an aspect of fatalism which influences attribution of natural ability versus effort and, in some instances, a climate of male dominance. Connections to the problems of education in rural poverty included a number of ineffective teachers, a situation exacerbated by a sense of social stratification within the Appalachian culture and a reluctance to challenge school or teacher practices. As for learning preferences, the women tended to favor teachers who offered good explanations and who demonstrated caring, which highlights an emphasis placed on relationships within the Appalachia culture. Determining the degree of influence of the Appalachian culture on the education, especially in mathematics, of these three young women was difficult to ascertain. The factors of culture, socioeconomic levels, and rural isolation combined with the effects of race, gender and ethnicity in the individual to impact the opportunities to a quality education.
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Giacometti, Karen S. "Factors Affecting Job Satisfaction and Retention of Beginning Teachers." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29595.

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In this national study, a combination of factors that affect teacher satisfaction and retention were examined. Domains that discriminate between teachers who choose to stay or leave the teaching profession were investigated. A research-developed questionnaire was administered to 450 randomly selected first, second, and third year teachers. Survey items were related to domains affecting teacher satisfaction and retention. A demographic section was included to collect background information. A principal components analysis resulted in the emergence of domains that were used in the final analysis. They are: emotional factors; school and community support; instructional support; prepration in teaching curriculum, managing students, and assessing students; collaboration; compensation and benefits; motivation to teach; and culture shock. Eleven percent of the respondents chose to leave the profession. Results of the discriminant analysis indicated that the best predictor in choosing to leave or stay in the teaching profession was emotional factors followed by compensation and benefits and culture shock. The analysis was used to determine if the individuals in the two groups were correctly classified based on their scores on the eight predictor variables. The number of cases correctly classified was 91.4 percent.
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Loh, Jason Kok Khiang. "The (re) construction of beginning teachers : a narrative journey." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2012. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/15007/.

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In a performativity-driven school system, where academic results determine the annual assessment of its teachers. an undeniable amount of pressure is exacted on beginning teachers, Within each school in such a system, there exists a set of cultural practices that dictate how teaching is done, so as to maximize the academic output of its pupils, It is within such an environment that beginning teachers learn to survive after their initial teacher training. It is thus important to understand how such a school culture impacts and influences the beliefs and practices of beginning teachers. In the midst of the massive recruitment of teachers. the questions that naturally arise are 'Are beginning teachers' identities and their pedagogical approaches socialized by school systems? and 'If so, in what ways?' This narrative study is set within the context of Singapore, where the performativity discourse is dominant. It explores the journey of four beginning teachers from their pre-service training to their second year of teaching. The beginning teachers' narratives reveal how the micropolitics of the schools shape their values, beliefs and practices. It uncovers the process of teacher socialisation in the Singapore school system. Through a narrative approach, their, otherwise suppressed, stories are heard, And with this revelation, teacher education and the teacher education institute's existing relationship with schools must fundamentally change.
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McGowan, Jessica E. "Training and resource guide for beginning teachers of TESOL." Muncie, Ind. : Ball State University, 2009. http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/452.

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Rees, Rebecca Bingham. "Beginning Teachers' Perceptions of Their Novice Year of Teaching." DigitalCommons@USU, 2015. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/4229.

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This qualitative study was an investigation of first-year teachers who completed their teacher preparation program at large, land-grant university in the west (n=16). It explored teachers' perceptions of their first teaching year centered around the questions of challenges and successes they had encountered, whether they felt prepared for their first year by their teacher preparation program, in what areas would they have liked more instruction during their teacher preparation program, and if they felt able to implement developmentally appropriate practices (DAP) within their classroom. Study findings indicated three main areas remarked on by teachers: creating and implementing instruction and assessment; experiences of teachers; and classroom organization, management, and procedures. All of the teachers within the study had comments within the area of creating and implementing instruction and assessment. About 46% of the comments within this theme referred to whether teachers felt able to implement DAP in their classrooms. Almost 77% of teachers reported that they were able to implement DAP within their classrooms. Fourteen of the teachers had comments coded within the theme of experience. Almost 68% of those comments fell within the subtheme of student teaching experience. Over half of the teachers expressed satisfaction with their student teaching experience. Fourteen teachers also commented within the theme of classroom organization, management, and procedures. About 73% of those comments were coded within the subtheme of classroom management. Teachers reported feeling both successful and challenged within this theme, and it was also identified as an area they would have liked more instruction in during their teacher preparation programs. Five less prominent themes were also delineated: special education, teacher intrinsic qualities, teacher characteristics, child and classroom characteristics, and parent and family issues. Study findings demonstrated, as well, that most teachers felt prepared for their first year of teaching by their teacher preparation program. The majority of teachers began first teaching in a public school setting and participants were teaching students ranging from pre-school to first grade. Limitations, implications, and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Sparrow, Robert Leonard. "The professional development of beginning teachers of primary mathematics." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1372.

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Recent documents have recommended a style of teaching for primary classrooms that favours a constructivist viewpoint of learning. The actuality of mathematics classrooms is different from this vision. Newly trained teachers while exposed to, and expounding, a constructivist philosophy are, in many cases, implementing a more traditional, teacher-centred approach to classroom practice. The purpose of this study was twofold: to investigate factors which influence the pedagogical practices and beliefs of beginning teachers of mathematics in primary classrooms and secondly to evaluate a professional development support model for beginning primary mathematics teachers. A model for professional development and support of beginning teachers of primary mathematics was designed from critical characteristics of effective teacher support obtained from the literature. The model was designed via the use of a 'fellow worker' to help beginning teachers implement constructivist ways of teaching mathematics in their classrooms. It was implemented over a period of the first year of teaching for the five participants. The research took the form of an interpretative, qualitative study. The main methods of data collection were interviews, observation, researcher and participant journals, case methods meetings, repertory grids, RADIATE categories, pre and post questionnaires and characterisation scales. Data were analysed using techniques of qualitative analysis recommended by Eisner (1991) and Miles and Huberman (1994). Analysis incorporated the use of the NUD*IST computer program. Findings suggest that the professional development, support model was successful in helping beginning teachers implement and sustain a more constructivist philosophy in mathematics teaching. It appeared to provide an effective framework lo meet the individual needs of teachers within specific contexts. It was an effective alternative to the isolation and 'sink-or-swim' attitude of the first year of teaching felt by the participants. Beginning teachers used reflection in their teaching and generally began to implement less teacher-directed, traditional methods of teaching after emerging from a foreshortened ‘survival’ period. The major influences acting on pedagogical practices were the children in the classrooms of the beginning teachers. Other factors such as limited pedagogical knowledge, traditional ways of behaving as a teacher, beliefs about mathematics, mathematics teaching and learning, and time also influenced classroom practice in primary mathematics. The major finding of the research is that, with personal and context-specific support, beginning teachers can start to implement pedagogical practices in primary mathematics consistent with recent recommendations. This thesis recommends that the support must come from both the general system and the school levels and must address the needs or the individual teachers rather than mass induction methods. Distinction and separation must be made between beginning teacher support and the assessment of the beginning teacher’s competence. General methods involving a ‘sink-or-swim’ philosophy and beginning teacher isolation should be abandoned. At the conclusion of this thesis, recommendations for further study and research are provided.
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Kuteyi, Olabisi. "Caught in the middle: (Re)constructing beginning teachers' identities." Thesis, Kuteyi, Olabisi (2013) Caught in the middle: (Re)constructing beginning teachers' identities. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2013. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/16831/.

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This research investigates how beginning teachers (re)construct their teacher identities in the first year of teaching. The emphasis is on the various ways in which beginning teachers negotiate their new school contexts, with their norms and discursive practices, and the complex interplay between the contradictory discourses, beliefs and values arising from their own past experiences of schooling. Central to the thesis is the argument that, by illuminating the personal struggles of beginning teachers as they engage in the cultural negotiation of their teacher identities, we can be better placed to develop strategies to help teachers negotiate their first year of teaching. Drawing on the tradition of critical ethnography, five beginning teachers in Western Australia were interviewed longitudinally over the first year of their teaching to gain a better understanding of their experience and the discursive practices that influenced the (re)construction of their teacher identities. This research shows, through narrative storytelling, the way teacher identity is shaped by a range of contextual, relational and autobiographical influences. The research revealed that teacher identity (re)construction is a complex and contested process highly dependent on the contextual and relational dimensions of the first year of teaching. The research also revealed that beginning teachers actively negotiate norms and practices associated with classroom interactions with students in the school context. Thus, beginning teachers continually (re)construct their identities in relation to school context as well as to professional and student expectations. Further, past informative experiences of schooling play a significant role in influencing teacher identity (re)construction. The beginning teachers in this study re-framed their past experiences of being students in their current roles as teachers. There is a transaction between past and present experiences as beginning teachers work out the best ways to deal with their students. Finally, the distinctive contributions of this study is that it reveals the significant role that beginning teachers' relationships with their students play in teacher identity construction. Importantly, the research found that beginning teachers' identities were created in part as a result of the relationships they have with students, and in discovering the kinds of teachers they want to become with their students.
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Motha, Mary Natasha Suhanthie. "The light cast by someone else's lamp beginning ESOL teachers /." College Park, Md. : University of Maryland, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/1881.

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Thesis (Ph. D.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2004.
Thesis research directed by: Curriculum and Instruction. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Bernard-Bourgeois, Margaret Anne. "Disruptive behaviours encountered by beginning teachers in New Brunswick schools." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ29971.pdf.

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Houk, Tracy A. "The clinical supervision experiences of beginning teachers, a qualitative study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/mq39144.pdf.

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Patten, Sarah L. "The effects of job insecurity on beginning secondary school teachers." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0004/MQ40666.pdf.

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Clouse, Nancy K. Gagen. "The Leadership Role in Online Support Programs for Beginning Teachers." The University of Montana, 2008. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05272008-155603/.

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As distance learning opportunities foster a wide array for online mentoring, program administrators are in need of research supporting the successful development and management of such efforts. This qualitative research examined the leadership perspectives, skills, and strategies involved in developing and administering an online support program (also referred to as electronic mentoring) designed to help beginning teachers transition into the profession and improve their retention (National Commission on Teaching and America's Future, 2003). The population was comprised of all known programs established to date in the United States. Interviews were conducted of 28 program administrators representing 20 online programs for new teachers. Data were collected via interviews and triangulated with multiple artifacts. Consistent with practices by Strauss and Corbin (2007), data were analyzed using open, axial, and selective coding to identify, organize, and relate categories and themes. Through this analysis process, the core category, "The Leadership Role in Online Support Programs for Beginning Teachers," emerged and was based upon the interrelationships among five subcategories: (a) needs and benefits of participants, (b) program development, (c) professional development, (d) technology considerations, and (e) leadership strategies. The grounded theory resulting from these findings concluded that, successful administrators need to develop a detailed plan for online programs, weighing necessary program components including (a) an educationally diverse program team; (b) early establishment of program goals; (c) reliable methods of assessment of outcomes using constant formative evaluation; (d) a secure, reliable, non-evaluative environment; (e) training in effective online communications and relationship building; and (f) a value-added experience for participants. The leadership role of online support programs for beginning teachers requires administrators to have an in-depth understanding of the developmental needs of new teachers in concert with principles of adult learning theory and means of maximizing professional development. Of greater import than technology skills were the ability to effectively communicate online and manage in a collaborative, facilitative, ever-changing environment. Future studies should examine requirements for participants' online engagement, comparative technology for online support systems, roles adopted by facilitators, and methods of assessment of program effectiveness.
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Moss, Wendi A. "The impact of Black teacher mentors on White beginning teachers." Thesis, Virginia Commonwealth University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3560506.

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This qualitative study used a phenomenological approach to determine the mentoring process Black mentors used when mentoring White beginning teachers. Five mentors and their six mentees were surveyed and interviewed to find how cross-race mentoring processes in an urban school district in the Commonwealth of Virginia work. Seven themes emerged from the study: (a) perceptions of the mentoring process; (b) perceptions of classroom management; (c) perceptions of school quality; (d) perceptions of urban teaching; (e) perceptions of White advantage; and (f) presence of White privilege.

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Hackett-Villalobos, Karen. "Training beginning teachers how to engage families| A case study." Thesis, University of the Pacific, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3602801.

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This qualitative study focuses on how beginning teachers attain skills to engage families in the educational process. Historical rationale, theoretical frameworks, and key research findings for family engagement training during the last three decades were reviewed, studied, and analyzed for themes. A review of scholarly literature is incorporated into this inquiry to provide a lens into the scope of existing family engagement research regarding the ways in which teachers are trained how to partner with families. This study also includes discussion and analysis of state and federal policies and mandated reporting to support new teachers in engaging families, the identification of theoretical frameworks that provide insight and rationale for teacher-family partnerships, and the inclusion of pre-service beginning teacher training focusing on partnering with families in the elementary school. Data for this case study includes beginning teacher training, interviews, document analysis, and anecdotal accounts, including teacher reflective journals. Utilizing case study and participant action research (PAR) methodology, the author identifies how providing professional development opportunities for beginning teachers supports increasing teacher-family engagement. The study focuses on beginning teacher training, as well as identifying attitudes and interactions with families, emerging patterns, and further research themes. Utilizing research in this case study, I set out to identify trends in the literature, research, and participant training modules to enhance training for beginning teachers in engaging families in the educational process.

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Buckley-Foster, Philippa. "What factors influence the evolution of beginning teachers' reading programmes?" Thesis, University of Canterbury. Christchurch College of Education, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3799.

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What influences the evolution of junior school reading programmes in the classrooms of beginning teachers? Of all the classroom skills required of beginning teachers, those contributing to the implementation of an effective instructional reading programme perhaps represent some of the most complex and sophisticated challenges that will be encountered. Add to this the critical importance to young children of successfully learning to read and the very obvious picture of reading progress revealed by modern assessment practices, and the result is an aspect of teaching that can assume a position of significant focus. This is especially true for teachers working with junior school children. This study investigated the current practices of three junior school teachers during their first two years teaching, how these practices have evolved over time and identifies the factors that have influenced each teacher. Participants' stories were gathered during individual interviews to establish current practices and these were compared with a typical sample of classroom reading instruction that had been captured on video prior to the initial interviews. Each teacher also participated in an individual follow up interview during which they were able to observe the sample video excerpt and comment reflectively upon their practice in the light of their observations. This study found that developing effective junior school reading programmes generated considerable angst for these beginning teachers. While they were able to draw upon preservice preparation when articulating their intentions, the transition from the abstractions of theory to the realities of classroom practice challenged their teaching skills in this fledgling stage of their career. Despite an apparent commitment to guided reading as emphasized in pre-service literacy courses, each participant implemented round robin reading as their initial teaching strategy. In order to implement reading pedagogy as advocated within their pre-service experiences, the emergence of a professional conscience appears to have been critical. The way that teachers' understanding of literacy acquisition consolidates is greatly influenced by their practical classroom experiences and the personal capacity that they bring to the teaching role. The findings of this study support Berliner (1994) and Huberman (1989) because each of the teachers could be placed on a trajectory of teacher development. However stage related views of professional development do not fully reflect the complexity of individuals combined with the uniqueness of their contexts. The broader perspective highlighted in the work of Nias (1989) provided a framework more accommodating of the realities encountered during this study.
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Jones, Russell. "Deafening silence : telling stories of beginning teachers understandings of ethnicity." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.363926.

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Clark, R. (Robert L. ). "Common errors in Algebra I : a forewarning to beginning teachers." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9909.

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Hackett-Villalobos, Karen. "Training beginning teachers how to engage families: A case study." Scholarly Commons, 2013. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/30.

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This qualitative study focuses on how beginning teachers attain skills to engage families in the educational process. Historical rationale, theoretical frameworks, and key research findings for family engagement training during the last three decades were reviewed, studied, and analyzed for themes. A review of scholarly literature is incorporated into this inquiry to provide a lens into the scope of existing family engagement research regarding the ways in which teachers are trained how to partner with families. This study also includes discussion and analysis of state and federal policies and mandated reporting to support new teachers in engaging families, the identification of theoretical frameworks that provide insight and rationale for teacher-family partnerships, and the inclusion of pre-service beginning teacher training focusing on partnering with families in the elementary school. Data for this case study includes beginning teacher training, interviews, document analysis, and anecdotal accounts, including teacher reflective journals. Utilizing case study and participant action research (PAR) methodology, the author identifies how providing professional development opportunities for beginning teachers supports increasing teacher-family engagement. The study focuses on beginning teacher training, as well as identifying attitudes and interactions with families, emerging patterns, and further research themes. Utilizing research in this case study, I set out to identify trends in the literature, research, and participant training modules to enhance training for beginning teachers in engaging families in the educational process.
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Mifsud, Charles Leo. "Preparation and competence of intending and beginning teachers in Malta." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 1994. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/10021535/.

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The transition from training to practice and the early years of their career have been considered to be a major influence on teachers' professional behaviour. This transition may be particularly difficult in Malta because of the lack of professional support provided to teachers in their beginning years of teaching. The first section of the thesis traces the historical context of teacher education in Malta. A description of the Maltese system in the context of models of teacher education is followed by a review of the major issues in initial teacher education. The first years of teaching and the problems encountered by beginning teachers are discussed in the section dealing with the transition from training to practice. A case is made for the role played by perceptions of preparation and competence in teacher efficacy. The second section of the thesis investigates the relationship between the training experience and teaching competence as viewed by intending and beginning teachers. The relationship between perceived levels of preparation and competence is determined through a survey conducted amongst the whole population of final year students and recent graduates of the B.Ed. (Hons) degree course run by the Faculty of Education of the University of Malta. Teaching skills included in the survey are those which deal with the teaching of specific subject areas of the school curriculum, general teaching skills specific to the classroom situation and those which involve wider pastoral and interpersonal skills. The interplay between perceptions of preparation and competence for both student and beginning teachers is examined. The beginning teachers' competence in the teaching skills specific to the classroom situation and the teaching of the subject areas of the school curriculum is closely related to their preparation. Those skills which involve wider pastoral and interpersonal skills seem to stem more from their classroom experience than from the preparation they have received. Perceptions of preparation change with increasing experience, as does teachers' sense of competence in different aspects of the task. There was, however, little evidence for a 'Curve of Disenchantment'. A typology of the perceived competence of beginning teachers is identified. In the third section of the thesis a small observational study of the recent graduates of the teacher education course who were teaching in Primary schools, is presented. It demonstrates that the typology of perceived competence of the larger survey work is useful in distinguishing between teachers with different patterns of teaching behaviour. This study showed that a high level of perceived competence was related to certain patterns of classroom behaviour known to foster achievement gains in pupils. In the light of the findings on preparation and competence, suggestions for further research and for ways of supporting beginning teachers are put forward.
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Moss, Wendi. "The Impact of Black Teacher Mentors on White Beginning Teachers." VCU Scholars Compass, 2013. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2976.

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This qualitative study used a phenomenological approach to determine the mentoring process Black mentors used when mentoring White beginning teachers. Five mentors and their six mentees were surveyed and interviewed to find how cross-race mentoring processes in an urban school district in the Commonwealth of Virginia work. Seven themes emerged from the study: (a) perceptions of the mentoring process; (b) perceptions of classroom management; (c) perceptions of school quality; (d) perceptions of urban teaching; (e) perceptions of White advantage; and (f) presence of White privilege.
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Grimm, Howard E. "Conceptions of mentoring held by administrators, mentors, and beginning teachers /." Connect to resource, 1992. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=osu1248796158.

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McCarra, Janet Forrester. "Perceived problems of beginning teachers and proposed solutions for success." Diss., Mississippi State : Mississippi State University, 2003. http://library.msstate.edu/etd/show.asp?etd=etd-11082003-104829.

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Gross, Betsy Holley. "Mentor Perspectives on Effective Mentoring for Beginning Elementary School Teachers." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2928.

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The attrition of beginning teachers is an ongoing problem for public schools as it impacts campus moral, results in economic losses, and maintains the number of newly-hired teachers. Although induction programs for beginning teachers have been found effective in reducing novice teacher attrition, funding for many induction programs have been eliminated due to budget constraints, leaving local school systems with limited support of the mentors and no consistency as to expectations or outcomes. Compounding this problem is that little research has examined what is most successful and supportive for mentors to be able to function most effectively. Guided by Knowles' theory of andragogy, this qualitative study examined the perceptions of experienced mentors about training and ongoing support. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposeful sample of 10 experienced mentor teachers from 4 elementary schools who were of various ages, subject areas, and years of experience. The interview data were coded for key words, repetitive phrases, and analyzed for common themes. Findings revealed that the mentors at the study site valued professional development, respect among participants, and ongoing collaboration. The resulting project was a mentor teacher training program for the study district that incorporated the study findings by focusing on how to best support novice teachers through respectful collaboration. Positive social change implications include providing the study district with a research-based training for teacher mentors which might create a stronger new teacher mentor program and ultimately reduce the attrition of beginning teachers.
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Rodriguez, Diana. "The induction period of nine beginning physical education teachers in Puerto Rico /." Access Digital Full Text version, 1995. http://pocketknowledge.tc.columbia.edu/home.php/bybib/11848522.

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Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995.
Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: William G. Anderson. Dissertation Committee: Lenore M. Pogonowski. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 163-175).
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