At the end of the first year, the Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, school district's induction program-Framework for Inducting, Retaining, and Supporting Teachers (FIRST)-dropped the rate of new-teacher attrition from 51 percent to 12 percent and is currently holding at about 7 percent. Under Lafourche Parish's FIRST, new teachers attend an introductory, four-day summer session. Monthly meetings are held throughout the school year, during which new teachers share successes and raise concerns. Curriculum facilitators observe new teachers, provide more training, and make suggestions for improvement. In April, first-year inductees attend an induction review session, complete with a slide show of new teachers at work and other ceremonial rituals that help foster a positive culture. Principals say that induction-trained teachers are much more classroom-ready from the first day. The success of FIRST in Lafourche Parish has led to its adoption as a statewide induction model for all school districts in Louisiana.

Sources: Wong, H. K. (March 2002.) "Induction: The best form of professional
development," Educational Leadership, 69(6), 52-55.