Principal Support

CSTP realizes the importance of the principal role in new teacher induction.  Because of this we created a module for principals on ways that they can assist new teachers.  Research shows that principals matter to new teachers.  Following are two pieces of research that highlight the importance and impact of the principal on the new teacher:

• Building culture and administrative support most impact new teachers' decisions to stay in their building (OSPI, 2006).
• The role of the principal in induction is critical in defining the new teacher's experience and assisting him or her in being successful in the profession. Principals must pay attention to new teachers and their needs because of the rate of turnover among them and the impact on students (Watkins, 2005). Otherwise, principals find themselves in a cycle of continuously hiring new teachers.

The module addresses the following four areas: Culture of Support, Support Systems, New Teachers and the Law, and a Continuum of Support.  The lesson design outlines the module while the power point addresses the particular strategies for delivering the module.

All materials referenced in the lesson design are available by clicking on the following areas:

Culture of Support

Handouts:  Hazed from Educational Leadership

Additional Resources:  The Profession That Eats Its Young

Support Systems

Handouts:  Orientation and Mentoring Standards from Effective Support for New Teachers in Washington State Standards for Beginning Teacher Induction

New Teachers and the Law

Handouts:  Code of Conduct
                 When Do I Tell?

Additional Resources:  Mentors and the Code power point

Continuum of Support

Handouts:  Effective Support for New Teachers in Washington State Standards for Beginning Teacher Induction

Additional Resources:  NTA partner descriptions and induction models