 50% of all teachers quit in the first seven years and never return to teaching (Merseth, 1992)  56% of new teachers report that no extra assistance is available to them as new teachers (Kardos and Liu, 2003)  While 87% of the new teachers in a particular state said they had a mentor, only 17% said their mentors ever observed them teach (Kardos and Liu, 2003)  33% percent of new teachers are hired after the school year has already started, and 62% are hired within thirty days of when they start teaching (Kardos and Liu, 2003)

◦ Induction: ◦ Mentor:

 Subjective Warrant:  Marginalization:

 Washout:  Burnout:

 Do you see yourself in Coach Bo?  What is the critical issue in his case?  What are some things he has to do to start his next semester? your  Coach Bo learned what he did NOT want to happen in his classes. What have you learned at U-High that you do not want to happen in your classes?

 Group Work ◦ Purpose ◦ Methods ◦ Results ◦ Takeaways?

 Mentor:  Get involved in the school community

 READ ◦ Application journals: Journal of Physical Education, Recreation, & Dance (JOPERD); Strategies ◦ Empirical journals: Journal of Teaching in Physical Education; Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport; Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly; The Physical Educator ◦ Theoretical journals: Quest

 PTO; Boosters Club  District organizations  Midwest IAHPERD  IAHPERD  AAHPERD  AERA

 Conduct research in your own classroom ◦ What should be examined? ◦ Find ways to collect information about the topic ◦ Collect, analyze, and plan ◦ Administer the changes ◦ Observe the effects of the changes ◦ Repeat as necessary

 Find a mentor  Teacher/Coach Role conflict  Self reflection:  Peer evaluation:  Continually set goals that are reasonable