Beginning Teachers

1. Beginning Teachers Beginning teachers have two jobs to do • they have to teach and they have to learn to teach.

2. The Phases of a Teacher’s First Year (Ref: Ellen Moir A Better Beginning Edited by Marge Scherer) • Anticipation • Survival • Disillusionment • Rejuvenation • Reflection Match the phase with the explanation

3. The Phases of a Teacher’s First Year(Ref: Ellen Moir A Better Beginning Edited by Marge Scherer)

4. anticipation anticipation Survival Reflection Rejuvenation Disillusionment The Phases of a Teacher’s First Year(Ref: Ellen Moir A Better Beginning Edited by Marge Scherer) Identify where your beginning teacher is currently

5. Beginning Teachers On their own, beginning teachers often develop “safe” practices that enable them to survive. Induction programmes should help them develop “best” practices and become learners through their teaching.

6. Concern Influence Autonomy & control Who can we change? We can’t change anyone except ourselves but we can influence others. Stephen Covey – Circle of influence

7. Research on the transfer of training (Joyce and Showers, 1989)

8. Finish 4 Start 1 Unconscious competence Unconscious incompetence Conscious competence Conscious incompetence 2 3