Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- A New Teacher's World: Not Your Grandmother's Classroom -- About This Book -- Part I: What Do New Teachers Need? -- Beyond Support: Taking New Teachers Seriously As Learners -- Easing the Way for New Teachers -- The Stages of a Teacher's First Year -- Part II: Creating an Induction Program -- Induction: The First Five Days -- First Things First: How to Set Up An Induction Program -- The Elements of a Supportive Induction Program -- Creating Conditions for Teacher Success -- Part III: Making Mentoring Meaningful -- Mentors Matter -- Mentoring the Mentors -- Baltimore Takes Mentoring to the Next Level -- "I Am SO Excited!" Mentoring the Student Teacher -- How to Help a New Teacher by Being a Buddy -- Get on the Team: An Alternative Mentoring Model -- Part IV: Planning Comprehensive Teacher Support -- Combining Mentoring and Assessment in California -- A Support Program with Heart: The Santa Cruz Project -- How Can New Teachers Become the BEST? -- Developing a Common Language and Spirit -- Every Classroom, Every Day: A Professional Development Plan -- Part V: Improving Instruction and Communication -- Encouraging Innovation in an Age of Reform -- Linguistic Coaching: Helping Beginning Teachers Defeat Discouragement -- The Videoconference Connection -- Resurrecting Hope: Knowing the Facts, Imagining the Future -- Preparing to Teach in Holistic Classrooms -- Part VI: Listening to Teachers -- Keeping Good Teachers: Lessons from Novices -- What Teachers Like (and Don't Like) About Mandated Induction Programs -- The Best Lessons: Learning to Teach in a Supportive Context -- Helping New Teachers Keep the Light in Their Eyes -- Ask Not What Your School Can Do for You, But What You Can Do for You -- Index -- About the Editor -- Related ASCD Resources -- About ASCD.