Induction is the support and guidance provided to novice teachers and school administrators in the early stages of their careers.
Induction encompasses orientation to the workplace, socialization, mentoring, and guidance through beginning teacher practice.
Induction is used to refer to a period during which a Newly Qualified Teacher in England or Wales is both supported and assessed to ensure that regulatory standards are met.
[3] Under current regulations, teachers wishing to work in maintained state schools must satisfactorily complete a period of induction.
Where a teacher is employed in an eligible school for at least one term, he or she must be offered, and must undertake, a programme of induction lasting throughout that period.