INDUCTION STEERING COMMITTEE

The 2002 subcommittees were:
Orientation
Information Packet
Web Page Design
Assessment Project

• What did they accomplish?
  Created orientation program for students new to teacher education
  Program calls for a general session, followed by program specific workshops
  A pilot orientation is planned for summer 2003
• Information Packet
  A flyer for new teachers with important education websites will be created
  A magnet with the GSU logo and the induction website was created
  A brochure introducing the Beginning Teacher Support Program was designed and printed
• Web Page
  Compiling to post to the website:
  FAQ
  Teacher acronyms
  Teacher organization links
  Information for mentors
• Assessment Project
  Database has been created
  Data cleanup in progress
  Data sources being defined
  Input screens being created
  Identifying new teacher school locations
  Contacting principals and mentors
  Working with internal programs and school districts
• Additional projects
  Online seminar held October 10, 2002
  Low participation probably means no more online seminars will be planned
  School districts will be contacted to generate interest in hosting jointly new teacher seminars
  Telephone surveys of initial teachers
  Encouraged to visit our website
  Informed of teacher conference held at Kennesaw State University in November, 2002
  GRAs collected data by phone
  KSU Conference Participation
  Committee members conducted workshops and gathered data by administering the Beginning Teacher Needs Assessment to participant volunteers
  Final student teaching seminar
  Created a power point presentation to give students reasons to agree to participate in Beginning Teacher Support Program
  New approved consent forms distributed and signed by those wishing to participate
  Each participating program held afternoon sessions with the student teachers

Future considerations:
Two people will attend the symposium on teacher induction at the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in February, 2003
How may the GRAs support individual program induction efforts?
Issues
Orientation details (logistics, mandatory, etc.)
Other issues?
Where do we go from here?

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