The Alberta Teachers’ Association

Participants attending the Teacher Induction Practices Symposium, held November 9 at Barnett House, brainstorm ways to assist new teachers and encourage them to remain in the profession.—Photo by Koni Macdonald

Dorothy Stanley, PD Staff Officer

After attending sessions on existing mentorship/induction practices within Alberta and learning about international teacher induction research by David Pimm, University of Alberta, participants attending the Teacher Induction Practices Symposium answered questions regarding teacher induction practices posed by symposium facilitators Gordon McIntosh and Randolph Wimmer.

The symposium was part of an ongoing initiative spearheaded by Deputy Minister of Education Keray Henke and involving the College of Alberta School Superintendents, Alberta’s faculties of education, Alberta Education and the Alberta Teachers’ Association.

As Alberta’s schools experience large numbers of retirements and an influx of beginning teachers and teachers new to the province, educational partners are recognizing the need to work collaboratively to develop programs that will effectively support new teachers and encourage them to remain in the profession.


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