Advocating concentrating on certain priorities to ensure beginning teachers are prepared for the crucial tasks that will face them, this book discusses seven priorities through case studies.

Clare Kosnik is Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Teacher Development in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

Clive Beck is Professor in the Centre for Teacher Development and the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

1. Program Planning
2. Pupil Assessment
3. Classroom Organization and Community
4. Inclusive Education
5. Subject Content and Pedagogy
6. Professional Identity
7. A Vision for Teaching