Submitted by Leslie (not verified) on May 9, 2008 - 12:06.
The new teacher should spend a year teamed with a mentor teacher before they have to be in a classroom by themselves, and be paid as a 1st year teacher. In doing this might actually provide professional development for the career teacher and well as classroom management and positive discipline strategies for the new teacher. With the technology hardware and software changing daily, different teacher roles and instructional strategies that are required for the digital students continuing professional development is key but even more key is when we do this and the support in place for the teacher to take it back to the classroom and apply it. It should also be done by paying the teachers their salaries not expecting them to get all of this on their planning period, or for a limited stipend during the summer. Extending the school year to 200 days and then providing another 20 days at full pay for daily professional development might be a start. I would love to hear some comments on this.
Educating the career teacher and the teacher's teacher
Submitted by Leslie (not verified) on May 9, 2008 - 12:06.
The new teacher should spend a year teamed with a mentor teacher before they have to be in a classroom by themselves, and be paid as a 1st year teacher. In doing this might actually provide professional development for the career teacher and well as classroom management and positive discipline strategies for the new teacher. With the technology hardware and software changing daily, different teacher roles and instructional strategies that are required for the digital students continuing professional development is key but even more key is when we do this and the support in place for the teacher to take it back to the classroom and apply it. It should also be done by paying the teachers their salaries not expecting them to get all of this on their planning period, or for a limited stipend during the summer. Extending the school year to 200 days and then providing another 20 days at full pay for daily professional development might be a start. I would love to hear some comments on this.