School Personnel Development Human Resources Management for Effective Schools

1. School Personnel DevelopmentHuman Resources Management for Effective Schools EDLD 616 Chapter Seven Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

2. Expectations and Reality • Want to work with children or young people • Life-long opportunity to learn • Opportunity for exercising individual initiative • Opportunity for service to “mankind” • Other reason? Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

3. Is it our obligation to make sure that new teachers realize their expectations? • How do you assure that teachers get off to a good start? • New teachers are very impressionable, what adjustments do you make for that? • What types of activities would you provide for your new teaching staff throughout the year? • Would you design an in-service program specifically for new staff members? Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

4. What are the situational factors that contribute to reality shock? • Inadequate professional preparation • Teaching assignments that are not appropriate for the educational training of the teacher • Lack of materials and supplies • Absence of clear instructional objectives • Isolation from other adults • Overcrowded classrooms • School climate that is not conducive to instruction Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

5. Purpose and Types of Induction Programs • Orientation Programs • Performance Improvement programs • State-mandated induction programs Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

6. Orientation Programs • These are the most common and least popular • Focus on introduction of new teaches to the school and community • Explains performance expectations • Provides some emotional support • Familiarizes the new staff to the hierarchy of the school building/district Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

7. Performance Improvement Programs • Includes everything in the Orientation Program plus: • Teaches the culture of the school • Helping new teachers improve their instructional effectiveness • Includes classroom management • Help with specific curriculum issues • Continues for a semester or in some cases longer Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

8. Classroom discipline Motivating students Dealing with individual differences Relations with parents Assessing students’ work Organization of class work Insufficient materials and supplies Dealing with problems of individual students Heavy teaching load resulting in insufficient preparation time Relations with colleagues Reasons Teachers Leave the Field Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

9. Most Common Of All Problems Afraid to ask questions, because they are afraid that they will be perceived as incompetent! Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

10. State Mandated Induction Programs • North Carolina Beginning Teacher Induction Program www.ncpublicschools.org/mentoring_novice_teachers/mntop.htm Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

11. Name:_____________If you were going to set up a Performance Improvement Program for New Teachers, what types of activities would you plan? Also, what time of year should they take place? Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

12. Mentors and Teacher Induction • Buddy Teacher • Support Teacher • Cooperating Teacher • Teacher Advisor What is the biggest problem? • Not enough training for the mentor! Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

13. Name:_________List Activities That You Would Have A Mentor Teacher Do: Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

14. What do you believe are the top three essential characteristics of a good mentor? Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

15. Training Mentor Teachers • The most experienced teacher in the building is the best mentor? Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

16. Name:_________________What are six recommendations that Principals should perform in an induction program? Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

17. Case Study #4 Principal Amy Palumbo has begun her first year as a Principal at Winthrop West Elementary School. Ms. Palumbo’s school is departmentalized with teacher leaders in each of the four disciplines Math, Science, Communication Arts and Social Studies. The department chairs for Math and Science are excellent teachers who have a state reputation of being some of the best in North Carolina. The chair of the Communication Arts department is not thought of in the same regard. She received the position of department chair by being their longer than any of the other teachers in the school, and by being the wife of the former Principal. Ms. Palumbo has three new teachers that have just recently graduated from college. The three new teachers will be placed in the Math, Science and English departments for their first teaching assignments. Each of the new teachers is to be assigned a mentor for their first year of teaching. Being appointed as a new teacher mentor is viewed by the staff as being one of the highest honors that a teacher can receive from the Principal. (Plus it pays a stipend of $5,000 per year). Ms. Palumbo has no problem placing two of the three teachers with the department chairs in Math and Science; however, she is concerned about placing a new teacher with the chair of the Communication Arts department, who by all reports is not a good mentor, and possibly not even a very good teacher. If you were Ms. Palumbo, what would do to solve this problem and not burn any bridges with the veteran teachers on your staff? Also, keep in mind that the first year of teaching will almost always determine the success or failure of a new teacher. Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

18. Name:_________Case Study #4 Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

19. Induction for Administrators • What do you expect? Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

20. Name:_______________________ Many beginning teachers prefer having a mentor to participating in a structured professional development program, although there are benefits to both approaches. Explain why teachers may prefer having a mentor and tell what benefits teachers receive from working with a mentor that would not be as readily available in a structured program. Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

21. Name:_________________________ Many people experience reality shock in the early days on a new job. This results from a mismatch between one's expectations of a job and the work experience itself. How might schools help beginning teachers to minimize the effects of reality shock? Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

22. Mentoring can serve as professional development for both the mentor and mentored teachers provided which of the following is true? • teachers are paid a supplement for serving as mentors.  • all teachers have an opportunity to be mentors at some time during their careers.  • mentors receive training in how to work effectively with their colleagues.  • only teachers with above average evaluation ratings are chosen to be mentors. Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

23. Three of the following are purposes of teacher induction programs. Which one is not? • Encourage promising new teachers to remain in teaching.  • Identify future school administrators.  • Communicate district and school cultures to beginning teachers.  • Promote well-being of new teachers Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616

24. Reality shock occurs when a teacher • learns that salaries are low compared to occupations with similar education requirements.  • receives low evaluation ratings.  • finds that the job is more difficult than expected and the rewards are fewer.  • discovers that most parents are indifferent toward their children's education. Educational Leadership School Personnel Development EDLD 616