Lessons from the Research

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Lessons from the Research

• Associate Professor Robyn Ewing
• Faculty of Education Social Work
• University of Sydney

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What have new scheme teachers found useful?

• In first 3-5 years attrition of early career
  teachers can be 30-50
• One area of concern is management (experienced
  teachers also becoming very concerned about
  increasing management issues.
• BUT.
• Quality mentoring -gt early career teachers three
  times more likely to stay

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Why?

• Mentoring strategies that early career teachers
  find most valuable
• Sharing and debriefing sessions with mentors
• Shared planning of lessons, resources
• Structured class visits/observations

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Structured class visits/observations

• Visits to mentor and other experienced teachers
  classrooms in own and other schools
• Visits to other new scheme teacher classrooms
• Mentor visits/team teaching in new scheme teacher
  classrooms
• Time for sharing/debriefing
• Reflection

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New scheme teacher comments

• Being part of such a program minimised that
  overwhelmed feeling because of the support and
  time given by more experienced teachers
• Time to talk and observe more experienced
  teachers who were more familiar with the schools
  programs gave me a lot more confidence and
  greater access to resources

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New scheme teacher comments

• The opportunity it have time allocated to take
  part in professional dialogue and reflect on your
  teaching in such a hectic profession was
  amazing.
• The chance to observe more experienced teachers
  in action focusing on target areas was highly
  productive.To have the support you needed
  without feeling as though you were constantly
  bothering other staff