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.
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…
