This week, some guidance and support for new OUSD teachers - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools

This week, some guidance and support for new OUSD teachers - The Education Report - Katy Murphy's blog on Oakland schools:

This week, some guidance and support for new OUSD teachers

Thursday, August 16th, 2012 at 4:54 pm in No Comments

New Oakland fourth-grade teachers take a break from lesson planning under the guidance of Piedmont Avenue Elementary School teacher Dana Graham during this week’s New Hire Induction Institute. (Photo courtesy of Margaret Dunlap/Oakland Unified School District)
Each year, on the first day of school, more than 100 teachers are experiencing their first day in an Oakland classroom. The first days of school are notoriously daunting for new hires — I vividly remember the tension on Andy Kwok’s face on Day 1 of his three-year teaching career at McClymonds High in 2007.
To  smooth out those first few days in the classroom and introduce new teachers to some of their colleagues