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This mixed methods study investigates novice teacher and coach survey responses from a two-year induction programme to learn more about what makes a good match.
The authors qualitatively analyse comments from all novice teachers and coaches who were paired across years and find shared themes of structural, professional, and personality similarities as well as the importance of coaching support prominent throughout novice teacher responses. They also use logistic regression to indicate that novice teachers’ ratings of coaching skills and coaches’ beliefs about the induction programme fitting within vertical professional development were positive and significant predictors of perceptions of being well matched.
Findings have implications for induction programmes on how to match their coaches with novice teachers to enhance teacher development.
Published: 2021
Updated: Mar. 02, 2022
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This mixed-methods study explores the experiences and influence of induction on novice teachers.
The authors quantitatively analyze survey data from over two thousand novice teachers and a thousand of their coaches through statistical comparisons and multiple linear regression analyses to explore whether structures of induction are associated with how teachers learn and develop in their pedagogy.
Qualitative analyses of respondents’ open-ended responses guided by word cluster formations indicate a positive feeling about this induction program but revealed differing areas of focus between novice teachers and their coaches.
Results indicate the importance of coaches, curriculum, and the learning management system in creating positive induction experiences. Findings from this study have implications for the influence and structural design of induction programs for novice teacher development.
Published: 2021
Updated: Feb. 08, 2022
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This mixed methods study explores a comprehensive survey administered in one induction program of over 2000 novice teachers and 1000 of their coaches.
Quantitative analyses through Structural Equation Modeling indicate the mediating impact that coaches have on various design features of induction, which then have an impact on novice teacher learning and pedagogy.
Qualitative analyses of comments reveal respondent satisfaction with programmatic structures in influencing their induction experiences while reiterating the importance of coaching.
Findings have two main implications:
1) the impact of quality coaching for novice teacher professional growth, in conjunction with the importance of matching novice teachers and their coaches appropriately, and
2) the significance of curriculum, technology, and customer service in having an impact on the overall novice teacher and coach experience throughout induction.
These findings have implications for the work of coaching and design features of induction programs.
Published: 2020
Updated: Apr. 20, 2021