NTC partnered with project schools to rethink, reshape, and strengthen their ILTs. We also helped teams develop and implement a comprehensive instructional vision aligned with improvement plans that i…
Research shows that mentoring programs significantly boost novice teacher retention and offer a host of other benefits, particularly when they include these essential characteristics. But here’s wha…
New Teacher Center worked with a partner to expand recruitment strategies and create a roadmap for teacher candidates to engage with the district while they were completing prep programs.
Para Los Niños, a free charter network in the Los Angeles Unified School District, partnered with NTC to provide professional learning for teachers of multilingual learners (ML). We also collaborated…
A conversation featuring wisdom and insights from grant partners and findings from the third-party evaluation of NTC’s federal Education Innovation and Research (EIR) grant study focused on scaling …
After six to eight weeks of nonstop “go go go,” many new teachers hit what New Teacher Center founder Ellen Moir calls the disillusionment phase, usually lasting from November through January.
At NTC, we believe in the power of PLCs to provide high-quality, collaborative, ongoing professional learning for educators. We know, however, that the effectiveness of PLCs is not a given.
Leaders share what made improvement efforts last — and how NTC supported them.
Beyond the financial losses associated with recruitment and training, the costs of losing teachers are steep. School communities are destabilized and forced into a perpetual state of “survival mode.…
Well-designed opportunities for peer collaboration build confidence, community, collective efficacy, and the working conditions that result in teacher retention. And the bulk of the cost can be measur…
At NTC, one of our proudest accomplishments has been our work leading the transformation of new teacher mentoring from an informal act of goodwill into a rigorous, standards-based professional role th…
This guide supports teams with a series of pre-design steps that avoid common pitfalls and support effective professional learning planning.
