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About the Illinois Teacher
Mentoring & Induction Network
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OUR BEGINNINGS:
The Illinois Teacher Mentoring & Induction Network was begun as a result of the interest of a number of Illinois educators who attended the "Best Practices in New Teacher Mentoring & Induction" conference held in St. Charles, Illinois on August 11-14, 1998. These educators felt a pressing need to provide better support to Illinois beginning teachers and the programs that support their professional development. Since that conference, other Illinois educators with an interest in new teacher induction and mentoring have joined the ITMINetwork.
OUR PURPOSES:
The Illinois Teacher Mentoring & Induction Network is dedicated to:
- Support & challenge existing teacher mentoring & induction programs in Illinois to continually assess and improve their program's practices
- Assist in the development of new programs for mentoring and induction in Illinois
- Train and support teacher mentors and mentor program coordinators
- Promote collaboration and networking among Illinois educators who are interested in teacher mentoring and induction
- Collect and disseminate information on best practices and other related information on mentoring and induction
- Advocate for beginning teacher induction and mentoring with the Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois General Assembly, and local decision makers in Illinois school districts.
OUR GOAL:
Every beginning Illinois teacher will receive the support of a mentor and an induction program to assure their professional growth and their success as teachers.
OUR SCOPE:
The ITMINetwork is interested in programs which may cut across several categories. That is, the programs may be:
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A partnership, such as among:
- Several school districts
- One or more university/college teacher education programs and one or more school districts
- A Regional Office of Education or Cook County Intermediate Service Center and one or more school districts
- A district level program with no other partners
Also, programs may have a different SCOPE, such as:
- Focused exclusively on the induction period, as in the first four years of teaching
- Focused exclusively on the preservice period, as in student teaching
- Focused on both preservice and induction years
- Focused exclusively on teachers entering the profession through an alternative route.
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