Presentation Style: Dynamic, interactive,
well-paced, personal warmth, hands-on, user-friendly
strategies.
Vickie Scheer has been a classroom teacher (elementary, middle
school, high school, L.D., and Gifted) for over 25 years. She
is currently a full-time staff development specialist in
Fulton County, Georgia (80,000+ students), where she writes,
teaches, and coordinates management, discipline, diversity
(peer diversity) and teacher-mentoring classes. She is also an
adjunct instructor at Georgia State University, teaching
alternative certification classes for new teachers who have
bachelors degrees in areas other than education.
She is a national trainer for D.A.T.A. (Discipline: A Total
Approach), a model that has been used in all discipline
classes and workshops in Fulton County. She has taught and
coordinated the implementation of all Teacher Support
Specialist classes that allow veteran teachers to assess their
competencies, develop coaching skills, and model best
practices as they mentor new teachers.
Vickie was recently presented with the Anti-Defamation
League's "Unsung Hero" award for her work in peer diversity
training for Fulton County.
- SPECIAL TOPIC -
Mentoring First Year Teachers: A Framework for New Teacher
Induction
Teaching is an extremely challenging and isolated profession.
34% of all teachers leave the profession within the first five
years. Research indicates that successful teacher induction
programs help new teachers avoid mistakes, thereby enhancing
professional competence and increasing job satisfaction.
Vickie Scheer presents a model teacher induction program
provides novice teachers with effective techniques that are
crucial to their success in the classroom. This model, used
successfully with 17 teachers with zero experience in an
elementary school and based on the work of India Posden,
serves as a format for all schools wanting to impact teacher
retention.
Vickie has trained over 770 veteran teachers to become Teacher
Support Specialists.
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