June 1, 2015 – Mentoring BC

Join the BC Early Career Teachers’ Association!

This entry was posted in Blog Mentor Leaders Mentors New Teachers on June 1, 2015 by Devon Stokes-Bennett

There is a new provincial specialist association (PSA) for TTOCs and New Teachers. The BC Early Career Teachers’ Association (BCECTA) has been created for teachers by teachers with the objective of serving as a “dedicated resource for new and early career teachers in British Columbia.” To learn more, click here. Twitter: https://twitter.com/BCECTA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BCECTA Website: https://bcecta.wordpress.com/

Do Educators Eat Their Young?

This entry was posted in Blog Mentor Leaders Mentors New Teachers on June 1, 2015 by Devon Stokes-Bennett

Do educators eat their young? A provoking question made the more disturbing by research suggesting that almost 50% of new teachers leave the profession within the first five years. Tom Whitby, a teaching veteran of 34 years, directly addresses this international issue in his blog post “Do Educators Eat Their Young?”. A few nuggets from the post include: “When it comes to new teacher hires we should expect less and […]