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I am working on the Relationship Building portion of the paper.

Here's a good article

A study examined new teachers ' experiences of professional cultures in their schools. Data from 50 first- and second-year teachers in a wide variety of public school settings in Massachusetts were analyzed, and three types of professional cultures within schools were identified. In veteran -oriented professional cultures, the habits and concerns of experienced teachers determined professional interactions and little attention was paid to new teachers ' concerns. Idealism, inexperience, and youth prevailed in novice-oriented professional cultures, and new teachers were offered little experienced guidance about how to teach. In integrated professional cultures, no separate veteran and novice camps existed, new teachers engaged in frequent exchanges with colleagues across experience levels, and school principals played an important role in building and maintaining integrated cultures , paying particular attention to the needs of new teachers.

I believe you can pull it up in it's entirity logging into the FGCU electronic journal search and entering this into your browser...

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