Beyond the Workshop: Job Embedded Learning for Beginning Teachers & Mentors

Presenter: Jim Strachan, Project Leader: Support for Beginning
Teachers
Toronto District School Board

“Having an induction program is more than just having mentoring; mentoring is one component of induction. We don’t want to just ‘keep people’—we want them to become excellent teachers.”

• identifies key elements of a Beginning Teacher Growth Continuum: Decision & Selection, Pre-Service at Faculty, Hiring & Placement, Induction, Ongoing PD
• provides results of Ontario College of Teachers Transition to Teaching Study (2005)
• provides Toronto District School Board data related to retention, key areas of need, useful supports
• considerations include: the heart and art of teaching; power and danger of the anecdote; school is where learning occurs; intentionalizing the sharing of knowledge and practice; NTIP
• models of mentoring include: broker mentor, one to one matching, group mentoring, informal mentoring, online mentoring
• roles and stances of an effective mentor
• alignment of support and growth
• Job Embedded Learning Initiative (JELI)
• Family of Schools (FOS) Beginning Teacher Coaches and Coaching Model
• allocation of NTIP and TDSB Funding
• measurable indicators

1. Strachan, J. (2006, November). Beyond the workshop: Job embedded learning for
         beginning teachers & mentors. [PowerPoint slides].
2. Strachan, J. (2006, November). Job-embedded learning. Video retrieved from
         http://www.curriculum.org/NTIP/videos.shtml
3. http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/asit/standards/btstart/index.asp