Preparation for the First Year of Teaching: Beginning Teachers' Views about Their Needs

How Can Schools Support Beginning Teachers? A Call for Timely Induction and Mentoring for Effective Teaching

“…The beginning teachers in this study were focused on varied aspects of teaching and learning but also spoke frequently on induction about the school culture and infrastructure. They noted in their responses broad and specific teaching practices that could advance their assimilation into the new educational environment, noted in other studies (e.g., Beck, Kosnik, & Rowsell, 2007), which also includes classroom management and access to resources (see also Bezzina, 2006: Marable & Raimondi, 2007Parker, 2010).…”

Challenges faced by Emirati novice teachers

“…The importance of a mentoring scheme for novice teachers, and the detrimental consequences of lack of such a scheme, has been documented by researchers both internationally (e.g. Ponticell & Zepeda, 1996;Sabar, 2004;Beck and Kosnick, 2007;McCormack & Gore, 2008;Ingersoll & Strong, 2011) and in the UAE (Ibrahim, 2012). Furthermore, Clark and Byrnes (2012) found that novice teachers who received planning time with a mentor and release time to observe other teachers, rated the mentoring experiences they had as significantly more helpful than those who had not received this support.…”

Reader Response Journals in Pre-service Instruction: Novice Teachers Reflections on their Classroom Implementation

“…Findings of this current study allow me to reflect on my own practice, and consider how what I teach in pre-service courses helps prepare beginning teachers for the realities of the classroom. Beck et al (2007) states that such a study "suggests lines of thought and practice for teacher education...helps us to understand the challenges new teachers face and do better what to a large extent we are already doing to assist them" (p. 55). What can I do to best prepare my preservice English language arts teachers for their own classrooms?…”