Finders and keepers
Subtitle: helping new teachers survive and thrive in our schools
By: Susan Moore Johnson and the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers.
Contributors: Project on the Next Generation of Teachers.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Project on the Next Generation of Teachers; First year teachers -- Massachusetts -- Longitudinal studies; Teachers -- In-service training -- Massachusetts -- Longitudinal studies; Teaching -- Vocational guidance -- Massachusetts -- Longitudinal studies
Genres: Longitudinal studies.
Description: "This important and much-needed book is based on a longitudinal study of fifty new teachers during their first years in the classroom. It highlights the cases of ten, whose stories vividly illustrate the joys and disappointments of new teachers in today's schools. The book documents why they entered teaching, what they encountered in their schools, and how they decided whether to stay or move on to other schools or other lines of work. By tracking these teachers' eventual career decisions, Finders and Keepers reveals what really matters to new teachers as they set out to educate their students. The book uncovers the importance of the school site and the crucial role that principals and experienced teachers play in the effective hiring and induction of the next generation of teachers." "Staffing the nation's schools presents both challenges and opportunities. For teacher educators, district administrators, educational policymakers, teachers, principals, and staff development professionals, Finders and Keepers provides valuable insights about how to better serve new teachers and the students they teach."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Greater expectations, higher demands / coauthor, Morgaen L. Donaldson; title: The next generation of teachers / coauthor, Heather G. Peske; title: What teaching pays, what teaching costs / coauthor, Edward Liu; title: Seeking success with students / coauthor, Sarah E. Birkeland; title: Schools that support new teachers; title: Filling the curriculum void / coauthor, David Kauffman; title: Professional culture and the promise of colleagues / coauthor, Susan M. Kardos; title: Making better matches in hiring / coauthor, Edward Liu; title: Supporting new teachers through school-based induction / coauthor, Susan M. Kardos; title: Sustaining new teachers through professional growth / coauthor, Morgaen L. Donaldson; title: Finders and keepers.