Part of IDCTE is to train teachers - specifically new teachers, and to certify them to some standard level.
Orienting new teachers and assessing their capabilities should be the educational institutions responsibility, with IDCTE as a partner, which goes beyond the initial week of orientation.... Deans, department heads, program directors and whomever else should be part of the orientation and assessment team. Mentors should be assigned. A year long program of 1 semester observation, then 1 semester "student teaching" should be followed, with feedback to the new instruction.
1st year observation should not be the new instructor sitting in the… >>>