Local flexibility . Under this program, districts will define areas such as program outcomes, specific roles of the participating teachers, specific program activities, selection of veteran teachers to provide support, and provision of time for program activities. Benefits Teacher Retention and Skill Development. Novice teachers will receive the necessary support to be successful in the classroom. More effective transition from teacher education to teaching.
Teachers begin focusing on student learning much sooner.
Teacher Supply . Teacher supply is an issue of retention as much as recruitment. Support from an experienced and skillful veteran teacher facilitates the connection of preservice knowledge to classroom application, thus encouraging rapid progress along the teaching skill continuum and the delivery of more effective teaching in the first year. The justification for such a program from the standpoint of effective professional development and student achievement is described above.