Early Career Teacher
Early Career Teacher
After their initial licenses, teachers in the early stages of their career need strong support to improve their instruction, plus pathways to professional licensure. Today, most teachers are leaving the profession within five years, citing inefficient support and preparation as main reasons. To help states retain new teachers, SREB provides a a wide and deep array of research and recommendations to state and district leaders.
First-Year Teacher Support Strategies and Programs
On average each year, 8% of teachers leave the profession. Reasons for educator departure vary, but among first-year teachers, lack of support is one of the top reasons cited in national teacher surveys for early career departure. To retain teachers and help them become better educators, comprehensive first-year support is vital. This paper highlights some of the supports offered throughout the region, such as mentorship and innovative professional growth support, as well as how states across the nation fund support programs.
How Could States and Districts Improve Teacher Working Conditions?
Examples of Initiatives From Around the South
On average, 8% of teachers leave the profession each year, many citing poor working conditions. State policymakers can improve the environment for educators through early career induction, mentoring, professional learning, school leadership, tiered certification, career lattices and advanced teacher roles. This briefing offers specific examples from SREB states and three steps to consider.
The act of teaching is hard — but the ins and outs of being a teacher are hard too. When mentors work on professional growth goals without probing a teacher’s mindset or emotional health, skill development can become distracting, stressful and even counterproductive.
Mentoring New Teachers: A Fresh Look
Three actionable ways for states, districts and schools to support new teachers by meeting the real needs of both novices and mentors
Feedback on Teaching: A Fresh Look
Three strategies for schools to establish and sustain practices that support better feedback and improved outcomes for teachers and students
