Na een nieuwe PISA in Focus nu ook een nieuw focus-rapport gebaseerd op het TALIS-onderzoek, deze keer specifiek over hoe {startende) leerkrachten ondersteund worden in de deelnemende OESO-landen met enkele opvallende vaststellingen:

• In many countries, less experienced teachers (those with less than five years’ teaching experience) are more likely to work in challenging schools and less likely to report confidence in their teaching abilities than more experienced teachers.
• Most countries have activities in place aimed at preparing teachers for work, such as induction and mentoring programmes.
• Approximately 44% of teachers work in schools where principals report that all new teachers have access to formal induction programmes; 76% work in schools with access to informal induction; and 22% work in schools that only have programmes for teachers new to teaching.
• Fewer teachers report participation in induction and mentoring programmes than principals report the existence of such programmes.

Qua het eerste punt, scoort Vlaanderen een triest record (en volgens mij persoonlijk een van de belangrijkste punten waar iets moet aan gedaan worden):

Samengevat voor de deelnemende OESO-landen:

New teachers often face the same, if not more challenging, working environments as more experienced teachers; however, they often lack the professional experience and confidence to easily handle these challenges. Education systems should review their policies for allocating teachers to the more challenging schools, as well as invest in extending access to professional support for new teachers through induction programmes and mentoring activities. Attention also needs to be paid to maximising the participation in such programmes by eliminating barriers and creating incentives for participation.