6.4 Apply professional Learning and improve student learning
Demonstrate an understanding of the rationale for continued professional learning and the implications for improved student learning.
Why do WE new educators need extra support?
New teachers juggle an overwhelming number of unfamiliar issues, such as classroom management, instruction, curriculum, school culture and operations, test preparation and administration, state standards, parent relations, and interactions with other teachers. Left to themselves, they may develop counterproductive behaviors. With extra support, however, new teachers learn more effective practices to apply to daily challenges. Additional support also helps districts retain new teachers and set them on the path to becoming effective educators. Many school systems provide mentors and induction programs for novice teachers. Th ese programs are required in many states for teachers to earn a professional license. Most importantly, research shows that new teachers who received intensive mentoring had a significant effect on student achievement after as little as two years (Strong, Fletcher, & Villar, 2004; Serpell & Bozeman, 1999).
https://learningforward.org/docs/default-source/pdf/why_pd_matters_web.pdf
Demonstrate an understanding of the rationale for continued professional learning and the implications for improved student learning.
Why do WE new educators need extra support?
New teachers juggle an overwhelming number of unfamiliar issues, such as classroom management, instruction, curriculum, school culture and operations, test preparation and administration, state standards, parent relations, and interactions with other teachers. Left to themselves, they may develop counterproductive behaviors. With extra support, however, new teachers learn more effective practices to apply to daily challenges. Additional support also helps districts retain new teachers and set them on the path to becoming effective educators. Many school systems provide mentors and induction programs for novice teachers. Th ese programs are required in many states for teachers to earn a professional license. Most importantly, research shows that new teachers who received intensive mentoring had a significant effect on student achievement after as little as two years (Strong, Fletcher, & Villar, 2004; Serpell & Bozeman, 1999).
https://learningforward.org/docs/default-source/pdf/why_pd_matters_web.pdf
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