Reports & Tools

Aligned with Dr. Thomas Guskey’s five levels of evaluation, DESIGNING FOR IMPACT is a planning guide for professional learning design and monitoring. The protocol walks teams through a series of questions to define realistic and authentic program objectives and measurable goals. It helps users identify types and sources of evidence to monitor and gauge implementation progress towards those goals. It also elevates an essential aspect of program design that often gets ignored — the necessary organizational supports to create the conditions for success.

The challenge of recruiting new teachers in small and rural districts makes retention strategies all the more critical. Our recent webinar, with contributions from our Maryland partners — Calvert County Public Schools and Talbot County Public Schools — offered supporting research and practical approaches for prioritizing high-quality teacher induction in smaller communities. 

This webinar, presented in partnership with Results for America and Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA), highlights how to build effective, sustained, and well-supported induction programs.

This white paper highlights NTC’s history as a national leader in induction and instructional coaching. Authored by SRI International, the paper follows the evolution of our model and its deep alignment with research and practice wisdom on how to create optimal learning environments for teachers and students.

While not every new teacher goes through this exact sequence, these phases of first-year teaching are very useful in helping everyone involved — administrators, other support personnel, and teacher education faculty — in the process of supporting new teachers.

This webinar features a deep dive conversation featuring Dr. Sharon Contreras, discussing her work to bring the anchors to life in her time as a district leader.