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Informationen zum Autor LISA SCHERFF is associate professor of English education at the University of Alabama, where she teaches courses such as secondary methods, young adult literature, and advanced literacy. She received a PhD in reading education with a graduate certificate in educational policy from Florida State University. She is a former high school English and reading teacher, and her research focuses on equity issues in secondary literacy, teaching young adult literature, and teacher preparation, induction, and mentoring. Her book Thirteen Years of School: What Students Really Think was published by Scarecrow Education in 2005. She is coeditor (with Leslie S. Rush) of English Education. Klappentext This book features novice teachers and how they were, or were not, mentored or inducted by schools. Using data collected over a three-year period, the cases inform school principals and district-level administrators of situations promoting or hindering new teacher growth, in order to lower attrition rates and foster student achievement. Zusammenfassung This book features novice teachers and how they were! or were not! mentored or inducted by schools. Using data collected over a three-year period! the cases inform school principals and district-level administrators of situations promoting or hindering new teacher growth! in order to lower attrition rates and foster student achievement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Induction and Mentoring Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Help with Discipline Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Choosing Parents and Students over Teachers Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Professional Learning Communities Chapter 7 Chapter 5: Supporting Your Teachers Chapter 8 Chapter 6: From School to School and Classroom to Classroom: Permanently Part-Time Chapter 9 Chapter 7: Unhealthy Departments Chapter 10 Chapter 8: The Faculty Lounge Chapter 11 Chapter 9: Lowering Expectations for Special Education Students Chapter 12 Chapter 10: The Emotional and Professional Development of Teachers Chapter 13 Chapter 11: Piling on the Paperwork and Pushing Teachers Out Chapter 14 Chapter 12: "Superteacher" Chapter 15 Epilogue Chapter 16 References...
