Supporting New Teachers: Insight for Principals and Others to Help New Teachers in Their Initial Years provides a framework for critical components every new teacher needs to be successful and feel supported in their first year of teaching. It also serves as a guide for administrators to ensure their new teachers are equipped with the tools needed to be successful. Based on interviews with new teachers, the authors offer recommendations for which resources and activities novices felt were needed to successfully navigate their first year of employment. Their suggestions emphasized the need to create new teacher induction activities and mentoring programs that are based on the specific needs of novice teachers versus veteran teachers.

Stefanie R. Sorbet is an assistant professor in the College of Education at the University of Central Arkansas. She earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in elementary education and her doctorate in educational leadership from Southeastern Louisiana University. Patty Kohler-Evans serves as a professor for the University of Central Arkansas College of Education. She holds degrees in special education and educational administration and has extensive experience as a Central Office Director of Programs for Students with Exceptionalities. Renee Calhoon serves as Co-Director of the University of Central Arkansas Mashburn Center for Learning. She holds degrees from the University of Central Arkansas and Harding University.