Supporting Beginning Teachers: (Tips for Beginning Teacher Support to Reduce Teacher Stress and Burnout)

By Tina H. Boogren

Book Overview

Support and retain your best and brightest new teachers. The second edition of this acclaimed book retains much of what made the original a classic, but now offers the latest research along with new insights, strategies, and best practices. Whether you're a K-12 mentor, coach, or school leader, you will gain evidence-based actions you can take today to successfully guide educators during their initial years in the profession.

Use this book to better support overwhelmed teachers during their first, critical years: Understand why good teachers quit, the causes of high turnover rates, and how to deal with burnout. Learn how to create a comprehensive mentoring program, designed to offer career guidance and build new teachers' expertise by targeting their unique needs. Review numerous strategies pertaining to four types of support: (1) physical, (2) institutional, (3) emotional, and (4) instructional. Discover how to foster positive mentor-mentee relationships for beginning teacher support and professional growth. Find reproducible tools, templates, and reflection questions to enhance your understanding.

Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Research and Theory
Chapter 2: Designing an Effective Mentoring Program
Chapter 3: Providing Physical Support
Chapter 4: Providing Institutional Support
Chapter 5: Providing Emotional Support
Chapter 6: Providing Instructional Support
Epilogue
Appendix: Reflections of a Beginning Teacher
References and Resources
Index

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943360634
• ISBN13: 9781943360635
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Marzano Resources
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.6" x 11.0"