NEA-SATURN/UAW 2008 PARTNERSHIP AWARD

Labor/Management Partnership

Award Honors New Teacher Induction Programs

Retention of new teachers is a national problem. Although it is estimated that over two million new teachers will be needed in the next ten years, 30 percent of new teachers leave the profession within their first three years and within five years that number grows to 50 percent. However, when the administration and the local education Association work in partnership to establish and sustain new teacher induction programs that nurture and guide new teachers, professional satisfaction and retention rates soar.

The 2008 NEA-Saturn/UAW Partnership Awards will recognize exemplary new teacher induction programs based upon administration and association partnerships. The recognized programs must have a comprehensive induction program that contains high quality mentoring AND at least two additional components such as:

• Appropriate staffing for beginning teachers
• Common planning time
• Ongoing professional development
• Access to external network of teachers
• Standards-based evaluation

Principles of the NEA-Saturn/UAW Partnership:

• Trust
• Teamwork
• Shared decision making
• Focus on quality
• Training
• Accountability for results
• Long term ability to survive conflict & change

This summer, as many as six winners will be honored for their successful partnership efforts at the 2008 NEA Representative Assembly (RA) in Washington, D.C. They will also be invited to meet General Motors and UAW leaders in Michigan during American Education Week in November 2008.

Winners will have the opportunity to share "best practices" with each other and the broader education community. Expenses to the RA and the Saturn/UAW trip will be paid for one administration and one local Association representative. There is, however, no monetary grant associated with this award.

To apply, download and complete:

• Application Information ( 2pp, 60 KB)
• Application Instructions ( 2pp, 87 KB)

Completed applications must be postmarked by March 14, 2008. Mail to:

Partnership Award
NEA External Partnerships & Advocacy
1201 16th St. N.W., Ste. 317
Washington, D.C. 20036-3290

Or fax the completed application to (202) 822-7117.

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