A former principal of a rural elementary school in Minnesota reflects on how her experience as an NTC-supported mentor bolstered her effectiveness as an administrator and instructional leader.
Beyond the already significant stressors of starting a career in education, new special education teachers face additional, sometimes overwhelming, challenges. Fortunately, our partners tell us our in…
For 15+years, NTC has worked closely with Hawai’i’s State Department of Education (HIDOE), beginning with a collaboration designed to establish one of six “new teacher centers” in some of the …
In our “Bright Spots & Big Ideas in Teacher Induction” series, we chatted with special ed teacher Charlie Josephson about how her coach helped her navigate her first years teaching in Minnesot…
To retain today’s new teachers, comprehensive induction and responsive, personalized mentoring are key. Learn how Fresno USD uses NTC’s mentoring model to support provisionally licensed teachers.
This webinar focuses on building effective induction programs that provide new teachers with two years of job-embedded professional development supported by rigorously selected and trained induction c…
Our partners in Hawai’i are always looking for “grassroots” ways to co-create, test new ideas, and build local capacity. The Educator Leader Assessment Collaborative, a pilot project to lay the …
Mentors are a critical lever for teacher success and retention. Rachel Baker, a mentor teacher specialist in Calvert County Public Schools in Maryland, shared her journey with New Teacher Center, emph…
The affirming support NTC mentors provide to Pathway fellows — encouraging them to embrace their identities as educators of color — allows them to authentically connect to young people in all thei…
M-DCPS initiated a suite of grow your own educator pathways several years ago to improve the demographic match between teachers and students in the district, increase teacher retention, and address st…
The purpose of this continuum is to serve as a resource for school leaders to build and develop systems of coaching at their sites that transform culture and student outcomes.
The goal of NTC’s Mentor Practice Standards is to accelerate the development of new teacher effectiveness, improve teacher retention, build teacher leadership, increase student learning, and support…
