Retain New Teachers. Correspondence concerning this article may be sent to harrykrose@aol.com. Induction Programs That Keep New Teachers Teaching and Improving

This article features schools and school districts with successful induction programs, all easily replicable. Increasingly, research confirms that teacher and teaching quality are the most powerful predictors of student success. In short, principals ensure higher student achievement by assuring better teach-ing. To do this, effective administrators have a new teacher induction pro-gram available for all newly hired teachers, which then seamlessly becomes part of the lifelong, sustained professional development program for the dis-trict or school. What keeps a good teacher are structured, sustained, inten-sive professional development programs that allow new teachers to observe others, to be observed by others, and to be part of networks or study groups where all teachers share together, grow together, and learn to respect each other’s work. The teachers hired today are the teachers for the next generation. Their success will determine the success of an entire generation of stu-dents. Their success can be ensured by providing them with a comprehen