NCTAF/GSU Induction Project: The Results Are In!

What happens when preservice, novice and veteran teachers in high-need schools work together in a professional learning community, focused on student achievement? According to a recent project in 12 of Georgia's high needs schools: Retention rates soar, student achievement increases, teacher satisfaction rises and the quality of teacher skills improves. These schools participated in the NCTAF/GSU Induction Project and found that you can improve working conditions for teachers by attending to a few key things:

• dedicate school time to learning communities
• train facilitators
• provide clear protocols for learning communities

Learning communities are definitely a prevalent best practice (see here and here for research overviews), but - as this study shows us again - the implementation of learning communities matters as much as the vision for them.

To read the full results of this three-year study, click here.