Introduction to
Teacher Effectiveness
and Induction
Course Introduction
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Overview of Course Content
 This course guides you through
what the research tells us about
teacher effectiveness.
 In addition, the course provides
• An overview of the Adult
Education Teacher
Competencies
• An introduction to Teacher
Induction
• A summary of the Adult
Education Teacher Induction
Toolkit and its resources
• Suggestions for further study
Course Development
This course was developed by American Institutes for Research (AIR) in
partnership with the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education of
the U.S. Department of Education as part of the Promoting Teacher
Effectiveness in Adult Education Contract ED-CFO-10-A-0066. The
views expressed herein do not necessarily represent the positions or
policies of the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education or the
U.S. Department of Education.
No official endorsement of any product, commodity, service, or enterprise
mentioned in this material is intended or implied.
For additional information, please visit the Teacher Effectiveness and
Teacher Induction landing page of LINCS:
http://lincs.ed.gov/programs/teachereffectiveness
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Course Audience
The content of this course will
benefit all those involved in
supporting teacher
effectiveness, including:
 Instructional leaders
 Mentors
 Beginning teachers
 Professional developers
 Teacher educators
 State-level adult education
directors
Course Objectives 1
By completing this course, you will be able to:
1. Identify two or more research findings that
provide a reason for using evidence-based
instruction, teacher competencies, and
induction to increase teacher effectiveness
2. Describe the general content and overall
structure of the Adult Education Teacher
Competencies; explain how you can use
these competencies to increase teacher
effectiveness and focus professional
learning in your specific context
Course Objectives 2
By completing this course, you will be able to:
3. Describe the Teacher Induction Pathway
and your role in it
4. Describe the Adult Education Teacher
Induction Toolkit (including its general
content, organization, and purpose) and the
role it plays in preparing, supporting, and
documenting teacher development
5. Locate additional resources for further study
on teacher effectiveness and teacher
induction beyond this course
Course Completion 1
Completion Time
 1 hour (estimated)
 This online course is self-paced, which means that you
can take as much time as you need to review the
information presented in the course.
Functionality
 Resources will open in new windows, making it easy to
navigate through the course and step in and out easily.
 If you have been inactive (i.e., made no mouse clicks) for
more than 2 hours, you will have to log in to the course
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Course Completion 2
Suggested Process
 Move through the units sequentially.
 Option: Work with a colleague or a group.
 Complete the short quiz at the end of each unit.
• Take the quiz as many times as you wish.
• After viewing the unit presentations and achieving at
least 75 percent on each unit quiz, you will be eligible
for a certificate of course completion.
Course Resources
Several supplemental resources are available. For
details, visit the Course Resources section of our
course home page.
 Adult Education Teacher Competencies (PDF)
and link to related Self-Assessment
 Teacher Induction Pathway (graphic organizer)
 Link to Adult Education Teacher Induction Toolkit
 Suggestions for Further Study
 Glossary
 References used in this Course
End of Unit
 This marks the end of the “Course Introduction”
presentation.
Please exit this presentation and continue in the
course to the first unit: Teacher Effectiveness:
What the Research Tells Us.