Program Requirements
The induction process asks new teachers to examine their teaching practices by:
Creating an Individual Learning Plan (ILP) which will require:
Assessment of your current teaching practice and yearlong goal setting based on:
- the California Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTPs)
- areas for growth as determined by your Preliminary Credential Program Individual Development Plan
- observed students’ needs.
- district/sites goals.
- needs determined by the teacher, coach, site evaluator and program leader
Reflection on your current teaching practice and yearlong goal setting with either a written or videotaped product that reveals “progress towards mastery” of the CSTPs
Forming relationships with students to best address their needs, and give them a safe space to take risks.
Participating in Coaching Cycles to:
- Analyze Learning
- Plan/Prepare lessons
- Deliver Instruction
- Assess Learning
- Analyze Learning (again)
- Reflect on Instructional Practices
Participating in ongoing professional development that will help you make progress towards achieving your yearlong goal.
Participating in Cycles of Inquiry, which will require teachers to:
- analyze student learning
- develop an inquiry question based on their observations
- apply focused, intentional, research-based teaching strategies to:
- improve student achievement
- provide equitable access to standards aligned curriculum to all students
This will assist them in:
- acquiring new instructional strategies and
- modeling lifelong learning for students