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| “Why New Teachers Choose to Teach” | ||
| This article by Deborah Wadsworth is excerpted from A Sense of Calling: Who Teaches and Why (Public Agenda, 2000) by Steve Farkas, Jean Johnson, and Tony Foleno, with Ann Duffy and Patrick Foley. It focuses on what new teachers say about why they entered the profession and what they think of it now that they are on the job. It also captures the observations and concerns of those who hire and supervise teachers—school superintendents and principals—in communities across the United States, and the perspectives of young college graduates who did not choose teaching as a career. ( http://www.ascd.org/author/el/2001/may/wadsworth.html ) | ||
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| “Survival Guide for New Teachers” | ||
| This is an excellent resource for new teachers. This online “book” contains the reflections of award-winning first-year teachers who talk candidly about their successes and setbacks, with a particular emphasis on the relationships they formed with their colleagues, university professors, and their students’ parents. ( http://www.ed.gov/pubs/survivalguide/ ) | ||
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| Beginning Teacher’s Toolbox | ||
| Beginning Teachers’ Tool Box is a community of educators with the mission of empowering new teachers for classroom success. The site has links that support not only beginning educators, but those training and working with first-time teachers as well. ( http://www.inspiringteachers.com/ ) | ||
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| National Association for Beginning Teachers | ||
| The NABT is a non-profit organization devoted to the support and encouragement of new and pre-service teachers. Includes information on products and workshops. ( http://www.beginningteachers.org/ ) | ||
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| New Teachers Online | ||
| New Teachers Online explores the experience of being a teacher. The 10 web mentors who run the site are veteran teachers who guide discussions, give advice, and run a Help-Line through which any teacher can get assistance. The site also has links to lesson plans and online instructional videos. ( http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/ ) | ||
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