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Book SynopsisRetaining Effective Teachers provides all administrators with step-by-step strategies for hiring and keeping the best teachers. Teachers who serve on search committees and as teacher leaders will value the book as a guide for inducting and mentoring their new colleagues. The author has summarized the most useful research on hiring, induction, mentoring, and teacher support. The many appendices can be used immediately to ask behavior-based interview questions that determine the strongest candidates. Those who lead the induction programs have ready-made lessons and resources for improving orientation, seminars, and mentor training. The research on working with millennial teachers provides insights into ways to support them as high-performing teachers. Excellent summaries of how to observe and supervise teachers provide school leaders with collaborative ways to support and retain their faculties.This book presents a common-sense approach for developing district and school retention plans
Trade ReviewMary Clement writes in a very readable, clear manner that makes it easy for busy professionals to access the guidance she provides. While the information and ideas in her book are practical and approachable, she uses a solid base of deep research to support her suggestions. The Summary Points for Success at the end of each chapter and the many useful tools in the appendices alone would make this publication a useful reference for building and district level administrators. As I read the book, I found myself making notes of ideas and templates to use in my hiring and induction of teachers. I know I will share this book with fellow administrators in my district. -- Eppie Snider, EdS, principal, Sonoraville Elementary School, GA
I love and want to help children is a powerful expression, I hear from many teacher-candidates. Seeing-to-it that this declaration of love of children and high regard for teaching remains for years, even decades is what Retaining Effective Teachers: A Guide to Hiring, Induction, and Support will help schools and their teaching faculty achieve. Mary Clement has authored an excellent book that the leadership in every school should read in order to prevent their many excellent teachers from leaving the profession between 2-5 years. -- Carl A. Grant, author of “The Moment: Brack Obama, Jeremiah Wright and the Firestorm and Trinity United Church of Christ” (2013) (with Shelby Grant) and Editor of “Intersectionality and Urban Education” (2014) (with Elisabeth Zwier), Hoefs-Bascom Professor, University Wisconsin-Madison
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1 – Creating a Retention Plan Chapter 2 – This Generation of Teachers Chapter 3 – Retention Begins with Hiring Chapter 4 – Best Practices in Orientation Chapter 5 – Mentoring Programs Chapter 6 - Professional Development for the First Five Years Chapter 7 – Supportive Administration, Supervision, and Evaluation Chapter 8 –Developing Teacher Leaders Chapter 9 – An Improved Workplace for Teachers Chapter 10 – Teacher Longevity Appendix A – Preliminary Interview Checklist Appendix B - Question Bank for Early Elementary Positions Appendix C – Question Bank for Upper Elementary Positions Appendix D - Question Bank for Middle School Appendix E – Question Bank for High School Positions Appendix F – Question Bank for Special Areas Appendix G – Question Bank for Special Education Interviews Appendix H – Evaluation of Candidate Answers Appendix I – Creating a Rubric to Evaluate Answers Appendix J - Sample Survey of New Hires Appendix K- Review of Annual Hiring Appendix L – Evaluation of New Teacher Orientation Appendix M – New Teacher Orientation Active Learning Strategies Appendix N - Mentor Application Appendix O - Evaluation of Mentor Training Appendix P - Mentor and New Teacher Discussion List Appendix Q - Evaluation of the Mentoring Program (Mentor’s Perspective) Appendix R - Evaluation of the Mentoring Program (New Teacher’s Perspective) Appendix S - New Teacher Professional Development Survey Appendix T – Lesson Plan on Parent Communication and Conferences Appendix U– Lesson Plan for New Teacher Workshop on Classroom Management Appendix V – Year One Induction Workshop Evaluation Appendix W – Observation Pre-conference Worksheet Appendix X – Verbatim Notes Appendix Y – Observation Post-conference Template Appendix Z – First Classroom Walk-Through Checklist Appendix AA – The Walk-Through Observation Appendix BB – Panel Discussion on Earning a Masters Degree Appendix CC – Teachers’ Needs and Wishes Appendix DD – Parent Satisfaction Survey Appendix EE – Survey of School Climate Teachers Appendix FF – Four-step Approach for Classroom Management Appendix GG – A Four-Step Instructional Plan Appendix HH – Sample Quick Teacher Survey Appendix II – Stress Management Survey Appendix JJ – Time Management Activities References About the Author
