Administrators will be provided guidance and strategies for
supporting teachers new to the profession (5 years or less experience). Annette
Breaux will lead administrators through practical, common-sense strategies that
will encourage positive teacher-administrator relationships and promote the
development and the retention of beginning teachers.
Annette Breaux is a former classroom teacher, curriculum
coordinator, and teacher induction coordinator, Annette also developed the
FIRST Program, an induction program for new teachers hailed as one of the best
in the country. The program was adopted as Louisiana’s statewide model.
Annette has co-authored books with both Harry
Wong and Todd Whitaker. Her expertise is in student achievement, classroom
management, and new teacher induction. Her books include “101 Answers for New
Teachers and Their Mentors,” “REAL Teachers, REAL Challenges, REAL Solutions,”
“101 Poems for Teachers,” “Seven Simple Secrets: What the BEST Teachers Know
and Do,” “50 Ways to Improve Student Behavior,” and “Making Good Teaching
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