Empower new teachers to become high-quality educators through professional learning, mentorship, and leadership support.
Focus Area
Supporting and retaining teachers throughout the first five years of their career requires a clear plan and measure for success, differentiated professional learning for new teachers, and support for the educators who will be leading the initiative. Our learning plans include four distinct phases of implementation to launch and sustain a professional learning plan for teachers who are new to the classroom.
Launch experiences are designed to bring together new teachers and the leaders who will work together to create changes in practice. During a launch for a new teacher initiative, educators will work collaboratively to understand key outcomes for success in becoming a student-centered educator and create a plan for actionable next steps and ongoing reflection.
New teachers need to be supported with job-embedded coaching. Instructional coaches who are specially trained in working with teachers in the first five years of their career will work with teachers to explore new concepts or skills, apply them in the classroom, and measure the impact of these practices on students.
Learning Walks are a non-evaluative tool that helps instructional leaders assess the quality of student learning and effectiveness of instruction using data. Leaders can support new teachers by understanding what success looks like in the classroom, learning how to support new teachers to achieve their target outcomes, and refining their professional learning plans using what they uncover during the Learning Walk.
Provide new teachers with collaborative learning experiences so that they can work together towards the changes you want to see in the classroom. Virtual Workshops focus on targeted learning outcomes so that educators can set goals, identify manageable implementation steps, and create a plan to reflect on results for continuous improvements in practice.
Every learning experience focuses on working towards a specific outcome to make changes in practice specific, impactful, and sustainable. For new teacher initiatives, we focus on helping educators achieve the below outcomes.
Outcome: I develop routines and procedures that structure an efficient, student-led classroom.
Outcome: I cultivate a classroom culture that promotes a student-centered learning environment.
Outcome: I design learning experiences that support students to meet learning targets.
Outcome: I vary methods of instructional delivery and tasks to promote student engagement.
Outcome: I connect with families to build relationships that promote student learning.
Outcome: I can cultivate resilience and well-being by modeling how to respond to challenging individuals, tasks, or scenarios.
New teachers won’t get the comprehensive support they need from one-off PD days. Our learning plans are created from in-person, virtual, group, and individual learning experiences that are paced throughout the school year and built off of previous learnings. Our team will create a tailored learning plan that’s based on your district’s strategic plans to achieve real outcomes for your new teachers.
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