ABSTRACT
New teachers can be powerful tools in improving schools. When principals hire a new teacher, they should be more interested in the school becoming like the new teacher than in the new teacher becoming like the school. A further challenge with new staff goes far beyond preventing them from becoming negative: Cultivate them to become positive leaders and superstars in the shortest time possible. The principal can establish a new-staff orientation program. Plan an informational program to be offered before the new year starts. Many schools have mentor programs for new faculty and staff. These programs pair up new staff members with experienced teachers. These sessions focused on a variety of areas. Holding orientation over twelve weeks made the introduction less overwhelming than a traditional one-day introduction. Improving school culture with new teachers is more complex and probably even more critical than simply ensuring they build relations with positive faculty members.
