Teacher Features

Showcasing Events of the Union College Education Program

During the first month of teaching, Union College Education graduates and their mentors receive a book from the Education Program at the college by the name of “101 Answers for New Teachers and Their Mentors”, by Annette Breaux and published by Eye On Education.

This book has pertinent information for the new teachers as they take charge of their own classroom full of students.

This is part of the first step in the New Teacher Induction Plan of the Education Program. It occurs after the teachers have been assigned a mentor by the principal or education superintendent in the conference or school district where they are teaching.

The mentoring program is essential to new teachers as they put together their lesson plans and begin teaching. A mentor can help a new teacher through things that they may not be prepared for by giving them advise and support.

The Education staff at Union College believes that the strong New Teacher Induction Plan is one reason that there is such a low drop out rate among their graduates.