New teacher academies: Building digital teacher induction through blogs and social media

Date

2018

Authors

Hurlbut, Amanda
McMahan, Sarah
Dunlap, Karen
Fredrickson, Rebecca

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

Abstract

The research on new teacher induction encourages educational preparation programs and school districts to create innovative, sustainable initiatives that support new teachers and increase teacher retention in the field. While mentoring programs and ongoing professional development have always been provided for new teachers, programs are beginning to experiment with digital induction tools including asynchronous (webinars) and synchronous (blogs, websites, social media, podcasts) as a means support new teachers. This work-in-progress paper details the initial steps, current findings, and future goals to establish a sustainable digital induction program that expands upon an existing one-day professional development session offered by the university. The New Teacher Academy digital induction site hosts a platform for educational leaders to share tips and research-based strategies geared towards new teachers in the form of a written blog and future online webinars. Content on the site is archived and shared via social media for easy access. Future research goals include studying how teachers use the blog to impact their teaching and how the content on the site affects teacher confidence in their classroom practice.

Description

Article originally published by the Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), 2274-2279. .English. Published online 2018. https://www.learntechlib.org/p/182838/.
Permission to deposit the published version was given through direct contact with the publisher. For more information please see the faculty member's entry in Project INDEX -- EDH 7/13/23

Keywords

New teacher induction, Educational preparation programs, Professional development

Citation

This is the published version of an article that is available at https://www.learntechlib.org/p/182838/. Recommended citation: Hurlbut, A., McMahan, S., Fredrickson, R. R., & Dunlap, K. (2018). New teacher academies: Building digital teacher induction through blogs and social media. In E. Langran & J. Borup (Eds.) Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Washington, D.C.: AACE, 2274-2279. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.