ABSTRACT
A component of the Academy for Teacher Excellence is the Teacher Academy Induction Learning Community (TAILC), University of Texas at San Antonio, which provides induction for novice teachers working in high-need areas such as mathematics, science, bilingual, and special education with Bilingual Learners (BLs). A speci‹c goal of TAILC is to assign mentors to scaŒold teacher candidatenovice learning and development, while also reducing isolation, within a community of practice. In this chapter, we share the induction component, which supports teacher candidates commencing their ‹nal year of study and continues during their novice years of teaching. Using Vygotsky’s (1978) theory of Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), where learners/apprentices are guided by experts as knowledgeable others; we maintain that candidate-novices can bene‹t from these social interactions. In this chapter, we focus on novice-mentor dyads.
