Smooth Induction Of New Teachers

I strongly agree with many of the findings outlined in the article. My belief has always been that people do not leave jobs; people leave people. I feel as though this notion was continually supported by evidence from the study’s conclusions. Iordanides and Vryoni (2013) discovered that, “All participants appeared to recognize the important role and the influence of a positive school culture during new teachers’ first professional steps” (p. 85). If new teachers do not feel the school climate promotes collaboration and mutual respect, they will be less likely to remain at that campus or may choose to leave the profession altogether. This initial impression plays a significant role in the smooth induction of new teachers.
I believe the veteran teachers on our campus do an excellent job of ensuring our new teachers feel included, especially when it comes to events outside of school. However, I believe our school leaders could do a better job of promoting equality on our …show more content…
We started our own induction program this year and assigned a campus mentor to all new teachers. Mentors and mentees meet once a month to discuss topics that new teachers often find troubling, such as classroom management, parent-teacher relationships, and time management. However, I believe for this program to truly be successful we have to take a close look at the people we have serving as mentors. These teachers have been designated as school leaders and some of them do not display a friendly attitude or show respect to their colleagues. This type of behavior can be counterproductive to the whole goal of the induction program. We must guarantee the people we have serving as leaders are promoting a positive school culture. As I stated previously, I firmly believe people leave people. We do not want the teachers we have designated as school leaders to be the reason we are unable to retain new