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San Mateo-Foster City School District
Our Vision:
Our Vision:
The California Teacher Induction Program in the San Mateo-Foster City School District develops professional educators with pedagogies that lead to universal access.
The California Teacher Induction Program in the San Mateo-Foster City School District develops professional educators with pedagogies that lead to universal access.
Our Mission:
Our Mission:
Our teachers are prepared to positively impact students as they
Our teachers are prepared to positively impact students as they
⭐Engage all students in learning
⭐Engage all students in learning
⭐Create learning environments that are physically, socially, emotionally, and intellectually safe for all students and teachers in our diverse society, including diverse abilities, culture, language, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity
⭐Create learning environments that are physically, socially, emotionally, and intellectually safe for all students and teachers in our diverse society, including diverse abilities, culture, language, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity
⭐Organize subject matter for student understanding and achievement
⭐Organize subject matter for student understanding and achievement
⭐Plan differentiated lessons to initiate and support struggle for students with diverse needs
⭐Plan differentiated lessons to initiate and support struggle for students with diverse needs
⭐Assess students for learning
⭐Assess students for learning
⭐Develop as professional educators
⭐Develop as professional educators
Our vision and mission supports, and is supported by the SMFCSD Vision and Mission.
This document provides admission requirements, including the Eligibility Form for Induction, Completion requirements (aka "Course and Fieldwork Requirements") that lead to successful completion of Induction in the San Mateo-Foster City School District.
Our Program
Our Program
The San Mateo-Foster City School District Induction program promotes enduring professional skills balanced with support to meet immediate needs. Teachers receive personalized mentorship and develop a professional development path that includes both district-sponsored and individualized learning. Teachers use data to reflect on teaching and determine next steps. Based on the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, the program has strengthened the mentor's role: fewer forms, more substance!
The San Mateo-Foster City School District Induction program promotes enduring professional skills balanced with support to meet immediate needs. Teachers receive personalized mentorship and develop a professional development path that includes both district-sponsored and individualized learning. Teachers use data to reflect on teaching and determine next steps. Based on the California Standards for the Teaching Profession, the program has strengthened the mentor's role: fewer forms, more substance!
What teachers are saying:
What teachers are saying:
"I had a safe place to learn, grow, celebrate, fail, and grow again as an educator at the beginning of my career."
"The focus student work was a great platform for celebrating success, discussion, introduction to new ideas, and rebuilding classroom functions and teaching."
"The collaboration with my mentor gave me the feedback I was craving, and helped me become a better teacher for ALL my students."
"Because of this Induction program, I feel like have really grown professionally."
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