In fact recently our cousin, a first year teacher, lamented that there was no support or guidance after her dismal review. She asked our advice. Schools and districts may call their programs induction when in actuality they are mere social gatherings filled with the minutia details of where, how, when, and who runs the system. The term induction is often mistakenly used synonymously with the terms mentoring and orientation. Mentoring is only one component of an induction program.
Orientation is another.
Many school districts simply provide their new teachers with mentors or provide a day of orientation and call it induction. These teachers have not been inducted. They have simply received mentors and orientation. Mentoring and orientation in and of themselves will do little to aid in the retention of highly qualified new teachers. However, as integral components of a structured induction program, they are valuable.