The Flying Start induction strategy renews the focus on induction for all Education Queensland beginning teachers.
The strategy includes a suite of initiatives designed to highlight the responsibilities of school leaders, district and regional staff and beginning teachers themselves in this critical phase of an employee's career.
The Flying Start induction framework highlights the need for tailored programs for beginning teachers that integrate the following key components.
While induction occurs locally, regions and districts also play significant roles. The Department encourages partnerships with universities and professional associations to build and extend networked professional development communities at a local, state and national level.
School leaders play a pivotal role in supporting and enabling the professional growth of beginning teachers and ensuring that relevant induction activities are completed or delegated to appropriate staff.
The Flying Start suite of initiatives
1. The Flying Start induction toolkit (new window) 866k 
for beginning teachers
The Flying Start induction toolkit focuses on six areas:
Toolkit templates:
The resource is designed to enable materials to be added as part of a professional development portfolio.
2. The Flying Start ideas for beginning teacher induction programs
The Flying Start induction ideas brochure (new window) 173k is designed to support school leaders in designing induction programs. It complements the Flying Start induction toolkit for beginning teachers.
3. A new gateway for BERST teachers and mentors on the Learning Place resource centre, the Curriculum Exchange
The Beginning, establishing, returning and supply teachers' gateway on the Curriculum Exchange has sample teaching resources to provide practical support for beginning teachers. Resources include activities, lesson plans, units of work, WebQuests and learning objects, grouped by year level that support initial key concepts in the syllabuses for most key learning areas. (Accessible to staff in Queensland state schools and Learning Place Affiliates only. For more information on Learning Place Affiliates, please visit the Learning Place .)
4. Regional and district beginning teacher network coordinators
Beginning teacher coordinators establish and develop networks and professional learning communities at a local level.
5. Regional and district events
Local networking events to support beginning teachers and complement school induction programs are a key part of the strategy.
6. School based support
Beginning teacher induction is a school based responsibility. Resources to support school based induction programs are available through the Learning Place resource centre, the Curriculum Exchange (Accessible to staff in Queensland state schools and Learning Place Affiliates only. For more information on Learning Place Affiliates, please visit the Learning Place. )
7. Support for the Beginning & Establishing Teachers Association (BETA) 
The Department supports the work of BETA through sponsorship of the annual conferences and joint projects.
8. An annual corporate conference
The annual conference is an opportunity for beginning teachers to connect with Departmental strategic initiatives and establish their relevance for day-to-day classroom practice.
9. Online professional learning community
The Aspiring, Beginning and Establishing Teachers Community has been set up to support teachers new to the profession as well as those more experienced who are interested in mentoring beginning teachers by sharing their wealth of knowledge about teaching. The website and email communities support and showcase the work of beginning teachers and their mentors.
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