Teacher Retention: What is Your Weakest Link?

by India Podsen

Overview

This book is for you if you are:
- challenged by the number of teacher vacancies at the start of your school year
- finding that your most promising teachers are resigning before they complete their first few years on the job
- no longer willing to accept that your veteran teachers are just marking time until their retirement

Best-selling author India Podsen shows you how to
- uncover and analyze retention risks at your school
- implement induction programs to help novices master the realities of full-time teaching
- engage your experienced teachers in the retention process
- apply the Professional Educator Career Framework, consisting of Four Career Stages:
- teacher inductee
- teacher specialist
- teacher leader
- teacher steward

This book provides school leaders with practical suggestions and easy-to-use tools such as:
- checklists and action plans
- sample meeting programs and agendas
- evaluation templates
- benchmarks and standards all designed to help you deal successfully with teacher shortages and related problems.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781930556362
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/11/2002
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	8.25(w) x 11.69(h) x (d)

About the Author

Podsen, India

Table of Contents

Part 1 Sizing Up the Situation; Chapter 1 Teacher Shortages: A Profession at Risk; Chapter 2 Career Staging: A Professional Framework; Chapter 3 Teacher Retention Profile; Part 2 Professional Career Framework; Chapter 4 Career Induction; Chapter 5 Reducing the Risk Factors; Chapter 6 Mentoring: Doing the Right Thing; Chapter 7 Implications for Continuous Professional Learning; Chapter 8 Fostering and Valuing Expertise; Chapter 9 Teachers Leading Teachers; Chapter 10 Professional Continuity and Commitment;