Each Induction program must be designed to provide a two-year, individualized, job-embedded system of mentoring, support and professional learning that begins in the teacher’s first year of teaching.
The Clovis Unified Induction Program is a two-year, job-embedded, individualized, professional development system of mentoring that begins in the first year of teaching. Participants are actively engaged with their students while researching best practices related to the challenges presented by their own students, analyzing their own particular strengths and areas for growth, implementing their new learning with students, and assessing the results on student achievement. As participating teachers embark on this professional journey, their trained mentor, who may support no more than two participating teachers each year, provides weekly ‘Just-in-Time’ mentoring tailored to meet their teacher’s specific needs and to, ultimately, improve instructional practice and student achievement. Weekly meetings are noted on the Teacher Interaction Report.
Most participants begin the induction program in their first year of teaching. However, we also serve teachers who have had prior teaching experience. Those teachers may apply for the Early Completion Option and, if approved, may complete the induction program in one year instead of two.
Clovis Unified may hire teachers after the start of the school year. When induction program leaders receive notification from Human Resources of a recent hire, they contact and interview the teacher, completing the Professional History and Induction Eligibility form, determine program eligibility and complete the Notification of Participation, provide a Kick-Off to orient the newly enrolled teacher to the program, assign an appropriate mentor, and the support begins.
To help participating teachers continue to develop skills learned during their teacher preparation programs and meet contemporary conditions encountered in today’s classrooms, the program informs participating teachers and their mentors of professional development opportunities (located in Induction Handbook) sponsored by the induction program and the district, creating an individualized induction experience relevant to each participant’s specific needs.
Credential Program | Delivery Model | Location | Enrollment 2015-2016 | Completers 2015-2016 | Enrollment 2016-2017 | Completers 2016-2017 | Enrollment 2017-2018 | Completers 2017-2018 |
General Education Induction Program | Traditional | Clovis Unified School District | 100 | 54 | 92 | 42 | 112 | 71 |
Clear Education Specialist Induction Program | Traditional | Clovis Unified School District | 16 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 22 | 10 |