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TQ Resources

Mentoring & Induction

Assessing and Supporting New Teachers: Lessons from the Southeast (December 2002)

The Impact of Mentoring on Teacher Retention: What the Research Says (By Richard Ingersoll and Jeffrey Kralik, February 2004)

Induction and Mentoring (One in a series of briefs on recruitment & retention prepared by SECTQ for the Hunt Institute)

Induction Support (A table from Meeting the Challenges)

Learn from the Masters (An Edutopia article by Barnett Berry and John Norton, July 2006)

Project on the Next Generation of Teachers (A research project at the Harvard Graduate School of Education)

Santa Cruz New Teacher Project

Second year teachers need mentors, too (A teacher journal entry on Middleweb)

Support Systems: Quality Induction and Mentoring Programs Can Help Recruit and Retain Excellent Teachers -- And Save Money
(Threshold, Spring 2004)

Tapping the Potential: Retaining and Developing High Quality New Teachers (A report from the Alliance for Excellent Education)

Understanding New York City's Groundbreaking Induction Initiative: Policy Implications for Local, State, and National Education Leaders
(A report from the New Teacher Center, 2006)

Why Mentoring and Induction Matters and What Must Be Done for New Teachers (BestTQ Vol. 5, No. 2, June 2006)