NEW TEACHER HELP: AN INTERNET HOT LIST FOR NEW TEACHERS
About New Teacher Help
In addition to using books and magazines to
find out about New Teachers, why not also use the power of the Internet? The
links below will get you started.
Internet Resources
Unraveling
the Teacher Shortage Problems: Teacher Retention is the Key - The fact is,
an alarming and unsustainable number of teachers are leaving teaching during
their first few years of teaching.
Mentors
- Principles of Adult Learning - Part of being an effective instructor involves understanding how adults learn best. Compared to children and teens, adults have special needs and requirements as learners.
- The Good Mentor - Can you name a person who had a positive and enduring impact on your personal or professional life, someone worthy of being called your mentor? Had he or she been trained to serve in such a role or been formally assigned to help you? I frequently ask veteran teachers these questions. As you might guess, most teachers with 10 or more years of experience were typically not assigned a mentor, but instead found informal support from a caring colleague.
Resources
- DCPS New Teacher Network - Where would Batman be without his utility belt, Wonder Woman without her lasso, or a Star Wars Jedi Knight without his lightsaber? In trouble. Sure, they would be the superhero's that we know and love, but to really face the hard challenges and win those tools are needed. Teacher resources serve as that undefeatable weapon giving the edge which leads to success in the classroom.
- Effective Teaching Strategies - 'The Role Playing Process: Make sure the students define a situation that is relevant and important to them, for example, a situation in which they may be offered a drug. Get details such as the setting and number and types of people involved. 'The Role Playing Process: Make sure the students define a situation that is relevant and important to them--for example, a situation in which they may be offered a drug. Get details such as the setting and number and types of people involved. 'The Role Playing Process: Make sure the students define a situation that is relevant and important to them--for example, a situation in which they may be offered a drug. Get details such as the setting and number and types of people involved. 'The Role Playing Process: Make sure the students define a situation that is relevant and important to them--for example, a situation in which they may be offered a drug. Get details such as the setting and number and types of people involved. 'The Role Playing Process: Make sure the students define a situation that is relevant and important to them--for example, a situation in which they may be offered a drug. Get details such as the setting and number and types of people involved.
- Survival Guide for New Teachers - How New Teachers Can Work Effectively with Veteran Teachers, Parents, Principals, and Teacher Educators.
- There is Only One First Day of School - Douglas Brooks says that students want to know seven things on the first day of school, thus, effective teachers plan their first day of school accordingly. The seven things students want to know on the first day of school are ...
More Information
For more information, please contact Melissa Dunn, Supervisor of Teacher Induction Program at
dunnl@duvalschools.org or via phone at (904) 348-7201.
