Retention, as I am understanding, is a concern for CTE teachers. I think we all understand why too. It's kind of sink or swim, and some of us have felt like it's sink or swim with a gorilla on your back and ankle weights. If I had Perkins monies to spend on it I would institute "team teaching". The new teacher would be part of a two man-team. The team would have 5 classes to teach together. The new teacher would have one class, the veteran teacher would have four. They would have to be CTE teachers that teach in the same field. It's kind of like training wheels. The more comfortable the new teacher gets the more classes they take over until at some point the new teacher has all the classes and veteran is an observer. They would be given extra planning time to prepare and discuss things like operations and all the "extra" duties, not to mention become familiar with technology available. The team teaching would be self driven. If the new teacher progresses quickly the team would disolve and the veteran would be a consultant for some prescribed time period. Of course the mentor would receive an insentive.
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Retention intention....
Retention, as I am understanding, is a concern for CTE teachers. I think we all understand why too. It's kind of sink or swim, and some of us have felt like it's sink or swim with a gorilla on your back and ankle weights. If I had Perkins monies to spend on it I would institute "team teaching". The new teacher would be part of a two man-team. The team would have 5 classes to teach together. The new teacher would have one class, the veteran teacher would have four. They would have to be CTE teachers that teach in the same field. It's kind of like training wheels. The more comfortable the new teacher gets the more classes they take over until at some point the new teacher has all the classes and veteran is an observer. They would be given extra planning time to prepare and discuss things like operations and all the "extra" duties, not to mention become familiar with technology available. The team teaching would be self driven. If the new teacher progresses quickly the team would disolve and the veteran would be a consultant for some prescribed time period. Of course the mentor would receive an insentive.
I love this idea! I almost think many of us would end up being fabulous consultants because we definitely had to "sink or swim". I love the idea also of starting out getting comfortable with just one class and then gradually taking over. You are right on with your thoughts, and your ideas are creative and beneficial for both the teachers and the studnets.
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