Creating a personal digital story was a new experience for me.  The process of writing a script helped to focus on what I wanted to say.  Having a time limit kept me from adding too many unneccessary details to my stoy.  When I wrote my script, I wrote down everygthing I wanted to say. 
My first process was to decide what my story would be about.  Then I found the images I wanted to use.  As I wrote the script, I played in my mind, what I wanted to see.  After finding the pictures, I placed th...
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Quality Indicator 1

Context of Study: PAISD, as well as many other school districts, have a large teacher turn-around rate.  This is due to the fact that new teachers leave the district in record numbers after the first two years in the profession.  This may be from burn-out or frustration.  Sometimes they may feel that the demands are too great or they have no one to talk to for support.  Whatever the cause, I think that effective professional development can help prepare new teacher...

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• Please share one specific topic of your greatest insight or new learning – what really caught your interest.

• Please share one specific area where you still want to learn more.

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Professional Development as a Tool for New Teacher Retention CARE Model: Planning Tool

Identify Concerns that must change (look to the future)

(Assign points to concerns from 1 to 3 in the order of the most important issues to consider.)

1.         New teachers leave the district and school within 2 years

2.         Training is not relevant

3.         There is a lack of support from administrators and veteran teachers

Identify Affirmations that must be sustained (look to the present)

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• teacher apathy
• time constraints
• lack of commitment from mentors (mainly due to the above, time constraints).