The document discusses the need for continued support for beginning teachers transitioning from higher education into practice, highlighting survey results that indicate a significant desire for community and peer support. It outlines design principles aimed at enhancing this support, including searchable FAQs and collegiality among teachers. The effort involves a national network of universities focused on designing and piloting effective transition strategies.

1. An opportunity to support
beginning teachers in the
transition from higher education
into practice
Dr Nick Kelly
Australian Digital Futures Institute
The University of Southern Queensland

2. What happens to a cohort
after higher education?

4. Follow-up assistance 34%
Survey:
Contact community 53%
Email 71%
Facebook 47%

5. The potential:
• Continued community
• Peer support
Why?
• It’s hard
• Gaps in current support (1 in 5)
• They want it

6. Design principles (95% agreement):
• Ask questions of experienced teachers
• Easily searchable and moderated FAQ
from all 1st year teachers in the country
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Collegiality, continuity, resources

7. Community knowledge-sharing
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StackOverflow
IT professional community
11 minutes
5 million questions

8. What we’re doing
• Design-based research
• Prototyping, piloting
• Group of universities
• National network
• Transition support

9. Thank you!