Submitted by Victor (not verified) on March 25, 2008 - 20:35.
I am a fifth year teacher and still consider myself as a novice teacher with a little more experience. I think that school districts like mine do a good job with their mentoring program for those beginning, first year teachers. However, with this being my fifth year I am experiencing something that I have never felt. The overwhelming feeling, I know that a lot of what our staff is feeling is because for some reason our administration this year is not addressing the issues being caused by the students that need counseling, gang problems, and behavior issues. Teachers are feeling as if there is no support and therefore the teacher moral is down. I think that schools not only need to support new teachers in their first years but through out their career in order to keep and give novice teachers a chance to become more and more experienced and better professionals at what we do!
Novice and Expert Teachers
Submitted by Victor (not verified) on March 25, 2008 - 20:35.
I am a fifth year teacher and still consider myself as a novice teacher with a little more experience. I think that school districts like mine do a good job with their mentoring program for those beginning, first year teachers. However, with this being my fifth year I am experiencing something that I have never felt. The overwhelming feeling, I know that a lot of what our staff is feeling is because for some reason our administration this year is not addressing the issues being caused by the students that need counseling, gang problems, and behavior issues. Teachers are feeling as if there is no support and therefore the teacher moral is down. I think that schools not only need to support new teachers in their first years but through out their career in order to keep and give novice teachers a chance to become more and more experienced and better professionals at what we do!