Transitioning from Teacher Candidate to Novice Teacher:

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Transitioning from Teacher Candidate to Novice
Teacher

• Strategies for Success

CEC 2006 - Salt Lake City Debi Gartland,
Ph.D. Towson University Joyce Agness,
Ed.S. Howard County Public School System
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Tell us if you are a

• Junior
• Student Teacher/Intern
• 1st Year Teacher
• 2nd Year Teacher
• Other??

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MD State Improvement Grants
State Funding
Howard County Public School System
Towson University
PDS Interns Non-tenured Teachers
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Teacher Candidate

• Preparing for a job!
• Experiences in placement
• PBS Plan IEPs Co-teaching Assistive Technology
• Service Learning NCLB tests Community/Family
  Nights
• Checklists of Observations/Interviews
• Portfolio
• The Interview
• Do your homework
• Website district, school, special education
• Talk to teachers, parents
• Be able to use you portfolio as a showcase of you
• Questions to ask!
• Open contracts
• School visitation

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I Have the Job!

• School
• Staffing
• Demographics/Drive-through Tour
• Nuts Bolts
• Parent Involvement
• IEPs
• Attending NTO
• Finding a mentor -gt

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Questions
Observations