1. The Growing Need for Beginning Teacher Induction Richard M. Ingersoll Professor of Education and Sociology University of Pennsylvania and Consortium for Policy Research in Education

2. Conducted by the Census Bureau for the U.S. Department of Education 7 Cycles: 1987-1989, 1990-1992, 1993-1995, 1999-2001, 2003- 2005, 2007-08, 2011-12 The largest source of information available on teachers: -Sample: 50,000 teachers 12,000 schools -Representing all 50 states The Schools and Staffing Survey with the Teacher Follow-up Survey The Source of Data

3. Number of Elementary and Secondary School Teachers and Students, 1987-88 to 2011-12

4. Teaching Experience of K-12 Teachers, 1987-88

5. Teaching Experience of K-12 Teachers, 1987-88, and 2007-08

6. Teaching Experience of K-12 Teachers, 1987-88, 2007-08, and 2011-12

7. Cumulative Percent Attrition of Beginning Teachers, by Years of Experience: 1993-2003 (years 3,4 and 5 are underestimates because early attrition of some late entrants could not be included) Percent Source: Perda, D. 2013. Transitions Into and Out of Teaching: A Longitudinal Analysis of Early Career Teacher Turnover. PhD Dissertation, University of Pennsylvania.

8. Trends in Percent 1 st -Year Teacher Attrition

9. Percent 1 st -Yr. School Teachers Reporting that Various Reasons Were Important for their Attrition, 2008-09 Percent

10. Trends in the Percent of 1 st Year Teachers Participating in Induction or Mentor Programs Percent

11. Percent 1 st -Year Teachers Who Received Various Induction Supports (2007-08)

12. Percent Turnover After First Year of Beginning Teachers, According to Amount of Induction Support They Received 18 27 39 41 No Induction Basic Basic & Collaboration Basic & Collaboration & Extra Resources Source: Smith & Ingersoll. 2004. “What are the Effects of Induction and Mentoring on Beginning Teacher Turnover?" American Educational Research Journal. Vol. 41, No. 3, 681-714.

13.  Mentor from the same field.  Common planning time with teachers in the same subject or regularly scheduled collaboration with other teachers on instruction. Induction Supports Most Effective in Reducing Turnover

14. Review of Research on Effects of Induction We examined 15 best empirical studies, since the 1980s three sets of outcomes: teacher commitment and retention teacher classroom instructional practices student achievement Most of the studies reviewed showed positive impacts Source: Ingersoll & Strong. 2011. "The Impact of Induction and Mentoring for Beginning Teachers: A Critical Review of the Research.” Review of Educational Research. 81(2) 201-233.

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