Supporting Beginning Teachers

"New teachers are leaving the profession at an alarming rate. Providing professional guidance and support to beginning teachers during their initial years in the classroom is vital to teacher retention and development. In Supporting Beginning Teachers, Second Edition, author Tina H. Boogren provides K-12 mentors, coaches, and school leaders with a framework for designing a meaningful and comprehensive teacher-mentoring program. The author outlines four types of support-(1) physical, (2) institutional, (3) emotional, and (4) instructional-mentors must target when developing new teachers' confidence and expertise. This second edition builds on the original by sharing updated research and additional strategies"--