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The Growing Need for Beginning Teacher Induction

The Growing Need for Beginning Teacher Induction. Richard M. Ingersoll Professor of Education and Sociology University of Pennsylvania and Consortium for Policy Research in Education. The Source of Data. The Schools and Staffing Survey with the Teacher Follow-up Survey.

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The Growing Need for Beginning Teacher Induction

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  1. The Growing Need for Beginning Teacher Induction Richard M. IngersollProfessor of Education and SociologyUniversity of Pennsylvania and Consortium for Policy Research in Education

  2. The Source of Data The Schools and Staffing Survey with the Teacher Follow-up Survey • Conducted by the Census Bureau for the U.S. Department of Education • 7 Cycles: 1987-1989, 1990-1992, 1993-1995, 1999-2001, 2003-2005, 2007-08, 2011-12 • The largest source of information available on teachers: -Sample: 50,000 teachers 12,000 schools -Representing all 50 states

  3. Number of Elementary and Secondary School Teachers and Students, 1987-88 to 2011-12

  4. Teaching Experience of K-12 Teachers, 1987-88

  5. Teaching Experience of K-12 Teachers, 1987-88, and 2007-08

  6. Teaching Experience of K-12 Teachers, 1987-88, 2007-08, and 2011-12

  7. Cumulative Percent Attrition of Beginning Teachers, by Years of Experience: 1993-2003 (years 3,4 and 5 are underestimates because early attrition of some late entrants could not be included) Percent Source: Perda, D. 2013. Transitions Into and Out of Teaching: A Longitudinal Analysis of Early Career Teacher Turnover. PhD Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.

  8. Trends in Percent 1st-Year Teacher Attrition

  9. Percent 1st-Yr. School Teachers Reporting that Various Reasons Were Important for their Attrition, 2008-09 Percent

  10. Trends in the Percent of 1st Year Teachers Participating in Induction or Mentor Programs Percent

  11. Percent 1st-Year Teachers Who Received Various Induction Supports (2007-08)

  12. Percent Turnover After First Year of Beginning Teachers, According to Amount of Induction Support They Received 41 No Induction 39 Basic Basic & Collaboration 27 Basic & Collaboration & Extra Resources 18 Source: Smith & Ingersoll. 2004. “What are the Effects of Induction and Mentoring on Beginning Teacher Turnover?" American Educational Research Journal. Vol. 41, No. 3, 681-714.

  13. Induction Supports Most Effective in Reducing Turnover • Mentor from the same field. • Common planning time with teachers in the same subject or regularly scheduled collaboration with other teachers on instruction.

  14. Review of Research on Effects of Induction • We examined 15 best empirical studies, since the 1980s • three sets of outcomes: • teacher commitment and retention • teacher classroom instructional practices • student achievement • Most of the studies reviewed showed positive impacts Source: Ingersoll & Strong. 2011. "The Impact of Induction and Mentoring for Beginning Teachers: A Critical Review of the Research.” Review of Educational Research. 81(2) 201-233 .

  15. For Further Information, Copies of Articles, Reports, etc.: www.gse.upenn.edu/faculty/ingersoll

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