Navigating a curriculum change across Tennessee’s diverse districts was a complex challenge, with no standardized playbook to guide stakeholders through geographic isolation, resource constraints, a…

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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…

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A planning guide grounded in Dr. Thomas Guskey’s five levels of evaluation, the protocol guides teams through setting realistic program objectives, defining measurable goals, and identifying evidenc…

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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 …

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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…

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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.

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Across the state, champions for beginning teachers are leading thoughtful initiatives that communicate to aspiring and novice educators — “we are going to invest in you and your students’ future…

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This white paper follows the evolution of NTC's coaching model and its deep alignment with research and practice on how to create optimal learning environments for teachers and students.

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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…

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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 …

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Study after study highlights the negative effects of teacher turnover on students and school communities. And that was true even before all the alarming job satisfaction statistics and headlines about…

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A conversation hosted by New Teacher Center on practical approaches for supporting new teachers even when resources are few.

After the funding is gone — A community conversation on retention in smaller districts Learn more