Teachers from Alternative Programs More Critical of On-the-Job Support

Teachers from Alternative Programs More Critical of On-the-Job Support
Lessons Learned: New Teachers Talk About Their Jobs, Challenges and Long-Range Plans, Issue No. 2
FOR RELEASE ON:
December 12, 2007
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Second in Series of Reports Looks at First-Year Teachers from Teach for America, Troops to Teachers, and the New Teachers Project
64% Percent Say They Were Assigned the Hardest to Reach Students
Public Agenda and the National Comprehensive Center for Teacher Quality today released research that raises questions about the support given to new teachers who come to teaching through alternate routes new teachers who are often placed in the most troubled schools. It gives voice to the concerns of these new teachers once they are on the job concerns about insufficient support from school administrators and insufficient advice and help from colleagues.


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