New Teacher Center

📢 Join NTC on December 4 for a panel discussion on supporting new special education teachers, featuring our partners from Hawaii State Department of Education and SWWC Service Cooperative (Minnesota). Our panelists will share effective mentoring structures and practices for beginning special education teachers’ unique needs. Register now: https://ow.ly/9TTG50TZygm

Congratulations to our partners at the Cisco Foundation on these exciting accomplishments and impact! NTC is proud of the long-standing support we have received from Cisco to become a data-rich organization and to improve the utility of information about our work with schools and educators nationwide. Read Cisco's Annual Impact Report: https://ow.ly/WrI950U0oLi

Like the Ford Model T, our traditional teaching model is outdated, inefficient, and ultimately putting students and teachers in the slow lane. We can do better! Here's what's "driving" districts to adopt new staffing approaches. We examined the research that’s "driving" districts to adopt new staffing approaches.

Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to effectively integrate SEL into academic areas hosted by U.S. Department of Education! Join NTC’s Senior Manager of Federal Grants Tamara Jackson Cooper, on Thursday, November 21, at 2:00 PM ET as she joins a panel of bright minds and presents an overview of NTC's Education Innovation and Research SEL grant project. She’ll share how we're supporting schools in integrating SEL with rigorous content to enable educators to create supportive, responsive learning environments through a whole-school professional learning model. Learn how to: ✔️ Address the complexities of integrating SEL into academic areas ✔️ Leverage coaching and mentoring to support effective implementation ✔️ Overcome challenges and maximize the potential of SEL Register now: https://ow.ly/QAT650TZxQ6 #SEL #education #webinar #NewTeacherCenter

When implemented well, professional learning communities (aka, PLCs) can be a powerful lever for: 💬 teacher collaboration and professional learning 💬 collective efficacy and culture building 💬 sense of intellectual purpose and shared responsibility for students 💬 transformative teaching and learning Learn how teacher perceptions of PLCs changed in some of our EIR grant partner sites: https://ow.ly/ffxT50TZCFH Check out this NTC resource to build Effective Professional Learning Communities: https://ow.ly/4MjY50TZCFI

One lesson learned from our federal grants over the years is that we always have to start by digging into the existing context for the work. Our current EIR grant to develop whole-school coaching approaches to transformative social and emotional learning (SEL) was no exception. Uncovering existing staff perceptions about what SEL is and isn’t was illuminating for our partners and an important first step to creating the conditions for successful implementation. Learn more: https://ow.ly/GUyO50TWTAH

We’re thrilled to share NTC CEO Dr. Tommy Chang has been appointed to the board of CASEL (Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning) starting in 2025! 🎉 CASEL is a leading national nonprofit advancing the science of social and emotional learning (SEL) in education. NTC collaborated with CASEL and other national researchers in education and youth development to develop our Optimal Learning Environment framework — a driver for our work with mentors, coaches, and school leaders. We're thrilled Tommy's 25 years of experience as a former teacher, principal, superintendent, and now CEO of NTC will contribute to shaping the future of SEL and positively impact students. Learn more about the new board members and CASEL's mission here: https://ow.ly/9JUF50TWzUH Explore NTC’s Optimal Learning Environments framework: https://ow.ly/Lg4b50TWzUI #SEL #NewTeacherCenter #announcement

We talked with a school leader, who, as a former mentor, understands the impact quality mentoring can have. Mentorship influences the entire school community, providing robust opportunities for teacher leadership and building an ethos of collaborative professional learning and a peer culture that embraces improvement. Learn more: https://ow.ly/SSiS50TVCxT

We weren’t surprised by these report findings that the top conditions contributing to teacher well-being are relational. Building positive relationships is at the heart of NTC mentoring and coaching. Based on foundational mentoring studies, we promote research-based ways to build professional relationships in which mentors and coaches collaborate with teachers as partners to solve problems of practice. The result? Enhanced teacher well-being. Read the report: https://ow.ly/HvJ250TUA3x

We’re excited to see growing attention on the power of mentorship as a catalyst for teacher leadership. Quality mentoring can address challenges in teacher retention and school culture, and we see expanded roles for mentorship in new school staffing models. 📰 In a Chicago Tribune Op-Ed, Teach Plus Senior Policy Fellow Ashely Kannan shares how a “shoulder tap” recognizing his leadership potential changed his career. He calls for more opportunities for teacher leadership beyond traditional roles. Read here:https://ow.ly/ZOFc50TQ60g 🏔️ Dean Kimberly Griffin of University of Maryland College of Education urges leaders to foster a school-wide culture of mentorship, supporting both personal and professional growth. Learn how: https://ow.ly/a09S50TQ60f 💡 We’re also excited about mentorship’s role in strategic staffing models. The National Council on Teacher Quality highlights how experienced teachers can mentor and coach novices in reimagined teaching roles. Read more: https://ow.ly/VmwL50TQ60c Bonus: Check out NCTQ's "How Strategic Staffing can Attract and Retain Effective Teachers": https://ow.ly/Xo5e50TQ60e #Mentorship #TeacherLeadership #SchoolCulture #StrategicStaffing