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28-11-2016 Providing a good start: supporting beginning teachers by responding to their concerns dr. Rian Aarts dr. ir. Quinta Kools dr. Rita Schildwacht Outline of the presentation Context of beginning teachers (Dutch project)


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Providing a good start: supporting beginning teachers by responding to their concerns

  • dr. Rian Aarts
  • dr. ir. Quinta Kools
  • dr. Rita Schildwacht

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  • Context of beginning teachers (Dutch

project)

  • Research questions
  • Data gathering and analysis
  • Findings
  • Discussion

Outline of the presentation

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  • Beginning teachers
  • Dutch national project in 8 regions
  • Secondary education
  • Schools and teacher education institutes

share responsibility and develop an induction programme Context (broad)

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  • Project of Tilburg University & Fontys

Teacher Education Institute Tilburg

  • 18 schools
  • In total 100 beginning teachers (= first

three years after graduation)

Context (narrow)

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Our program for beginning teachers

Year 1

  • Individual coaching (custom made) with videofeedback
  • Goal: support and assistance

Year 2 and 3

  • Videoclub: beginner + more experienced colleagues
  • Goal: reflective practitioner

Year 2 and 3

  • Lesson study: beginner + more experienced colleagues
  • Goal: deepening pedagogical content knowledge

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  • 1. What concerns do beginning teachers have in

the first years of their teaching career and is there a difference between beginning teachers in their first and second year of employment?

  • 2. What kind of support do beginning teachers

receive? What kind of induction activities are

  • ffered and which topics and concerns of

beginning teachers are being dealt with? Research questions (selection)

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What do you expect/what is your experience?

  • Talk this over with your neighbour
  • What do you think the concerns of

beginning teachers are?

  • What kind(s) of support do you think is

suitable for these concerns?

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  • Questionnaire amongst beginning

teachers (n=48 out of 100) and their coaches (n=20 out of 40)

– multiple choice (induction activities) – open questions (support and concerns)

  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis

Data gathering

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Code name Description

  • 1. Person

professional identity, coping strategies (workload), professional autonomy and control

  • 2. Interpersonal relations with

pupils Supporting pupils’ motivation, mentoring, upbringing,

  • 3. The lesson: teaching the

curriculum Content knowledge, PCK, teaching strategies, classroom management, assesment and grading

  • 4. Relationships with

colleagues and school leaders Interaction and collaboration with colleagues from own section and school

  • 5. School organization:

enculturation, management and assessment Getting acquainted with school organization and philosophy, procedures and policies; finding one’s place in school, quantity of tasks

  • 6. Community; parents,

society Interaction with parents, interactions with others like school inspection, social work etc

Coding scheme for concerns (literature based)

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  • How about your estimations on the

concerns of beginning teachers?

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Type of support description Informal feedback ‘small talk’ with colleague, informal conversation Coaching conversation In-depth conversation with coach Lesson observation a visit of the coach to a lesson given by the starting teacher, which is discussed between them afterwards Observation with videofeedback ** Videotape of a lesson is used as a tool in the conversation afterwards Peer support group exchange and peer support on concerns Videoclub ** peer support group using video feedback No support

Forms of support

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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Informal feedback Coaching conversation Lesson observation Observation with videofeedback Peer support group Videoclub

kind of support received (closed question)

First year beginning teachers (= ons cohort 2) (start 2015-2016) N=19 Second year beginning teachers (=ons cohort 1 )(start 2014-2015) N=16

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  • If time is limited…..
  • What kind of support would you suggest

to offer to beginning teachers?

  • Why?