Improving Induction: A Guide to Research-Based Best Practice for School Managers

✍ Scribed by Maxine Bailey, Michael Totterdell, Sara Bubb, Ruth Heilbronn, Cath Jones

• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 222
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Induction - the first year of a teacher's career - is a crucial, and potentially difficult, period. This book is the work of a well-known and highly respected team of experts on the subject and is based on a comprehensive nationwide research project into the implementation and effectiveness of the latest statutory regulations covering induction in England. It includes not only findings from this research, but also numerous ideas from, and examples of, best practice. Including case studies from primary and secondary schools, in the state and private sectors, this book raises awareness of the complexities entailed in inducting new teachers, addresses the issues, dilemmas and problems of induction and celebrates the achievements of the national induction policy. Its insights provide an invaluable guide to the effective implementation of induction in schools.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 7
List of tables......Page 9
List of boxes......Page 11
List of contributors......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 14
List of abbreviations......Page 15
Introduction......Page 18
Why we have a statutory induction period......Page 30
How schools manage induction......Page 40
Induction in distinctive settings......Page 57
The induction tutor role......Page 73
How Appropriate Bodies work......Page 96
The Career Entry Profile and setting objectives......Page 118
The reduced timetable and how it is used......Page 136
Observing NQTs......Page 154
Assessment against the induction standards......Page 175
Induction and continuing professional development......Page 197
Bibliography......Page 211
Index......Page 220