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= =    GRADUATE TEACHERS // To Teach //// OR // // Not to Teach // (That is the question?)

__**How do we retain quality teachers in schools?**__ At times working in a school can be like working in a circus. Both require a great deal of training and expertise, both utilise juggling and balancing skills and at times both are scary and incorporate death dying acts! (Dealing with angry parents, difficult students and impossible work loads etc.)

Teaching is difficult and stressful profession that requires a teacher to constantly be aware of and deal with the demands of a rapily changing world.

Please click on webite below to view some of the pressures placed on teachers in today society. []

Experienced teachers find it difficult enough to cope with the demands and pressures of teaching however, the stress experienced by graduate teachers new to the profession can be crushing. Graduate teachers present unique needs and require a great deal of support and assistance. If we are going to retain young teachers it is important that they are adequately supported end encouraged throughout their career. In my action research project I aim to identify some positive ways to encourage and support graduate teachers. I am also aiming to implement a graduate support network program into the region in which I teach. By focusing on increasing the support and development of graduate teachers I hope to encourage the retention and support of graduate teachers. Also I aim to use this cction research project to gather data the reasons why graduates may choose to leave the profession.

__** PURPOSE OF THIS WIKI **__
 * To raise awareness of the unique needs of graduate teachers.
 * To raise awarness of ways graduate teachers need suport.
 * To explore if increasing the support of graduate teachers effects the retention rate of new teachers.
 * To discuss some methods of suppport (coaching and mentoring).
 * To provide links to relevant professional development for graduate teacherss.
 * To provide links to relevant reading for graduates and those responsible for supporting graduate teachers.
 * To provide a discussion site for teachers to share their ideas, experiences and resources.
 * To have a link and support material for registration of Victorian teachers.
 * To provide a practical and useful site to help teachers idebtify and manage their stress levels.
 * To gather ideas, feedback and resources from visitors to this site.