TY - JOUR
T1 - Inducting New Teachers in Illinois
T2 - Challenge and Response
AU - Brady, Patricia
AU - Hebert, Lara
AU - Barnish, Mary Elin
AU - Kohmstedt, Jeff
AU - Welsh, Hilarie
AU - Clift, Renée T.
N1 - Funding Information:
This article reports on efforts to improve beginning teachers’ induction experiences across the state of Illinois. We focus on the role of the Illinois New Teacher Collaborative (INTC), which was created to promote new teacher induction in Illinois and to supply resources and support for new teachers and for those who support them. Wilkins and Clift (2007) described the initial formation of INTC and the organization’s efforts to address induction needs in the state of Illinois through professional development opportunities and web-based resources and discussion forums. These were available at no cost, in part, because of funding from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), the State Farm Companies Foundation, and the College of Education at the University of Illinois.
Funding Information:
A programming contract with our information technology (IT) partners allowed for additional improvements to these platforms, such as the integration of funded program CDE data with the Drupal platform currently being used. However, INTC’s complexity still prevents INTC Online from reaching its full potential. Thanks to funding from ISBE and State Farm Companies Foundation, INTC has recently hired a full-time programmer to specifically tackle INTC’s unique data and Website needs.
Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by the College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, by the State Farm Companies Foundation, and by the Illinois State Board of Education. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding agencies.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2011, Copyright Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2011/12/1
Y1 - 2011/12/1
N2 - This article reports on efforts to improve beginning teachers' induction experiences across the state of Illinois. The authors focus on the role of the Illinois New Teacher Collaborative (INTC), which was created to promote new teacher induction in Illinois and to supply resources and support for new teachers and for those who support them. This article, which builds on Wilkins and Clift (2007), describes challenges facing Illinois state-funded induction programs and INTC's responses, including professional development opportunities and web-based resources and discussion forums. The authors make the case for induction programs and for state funding, and for the importance of having an independent entity to provide support for and to conduct research with the programs.
AB - This article reports on efforts to improve beginning teachers' induction experiences across the state of Illinois. The authors focus on the role of the Illinois New Teacher Collaborative (INTC), which was created to promote new teacher induction in Illinois and to supply resources and support for new teachers and for those who support them. This article, which builds on Wilkins and Clift (2007), describes challenges facing Illinois state-funded induction programs and INTC's responses, including professional development opportunities and web-based resources and discussion forums. The authors make the case for induction programs and for state funding, and for the importance of having an independent entity to provide support for and to conduct research with the programs.
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U2 - 10.1080/01626620.2011.620518
DO - 10.1080/01626620.2011.620518
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85057204121
SN - 0162-6620
VL - 33
SP - 329
EP - 342
JO - Action in Teacher Education
JF - Action in Teacher Education
IS - 4
ER -