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NewSchools Venture Fund names New Teacher Center Organization of the Year
13 May 2013

NewSchools Venture Fund (NSVF) named New Teacher Center Organization of the Year at the NewSchools Summit 2013.

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New Teacher Center partners with Coursera to offer MOOCs for new teachers
01 May 2013

New Teacher Center was selected to be among the nation’s top professional development programs and schools of education to partner with Coursera, a leading Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) provider, in a new initiative to open up training and development courses to teachers worldwide, for free.

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EdWeek Letter to the Editor: Principal induction is answer to gaps in principal prep
17 Apr 2013

In a Letter to the Editor of Education Week, New Teacher Center Vice President for Leadership Development Mike Heffner describes how NTC's intensive principal induction work helps new principals overcome a lack of training in shaping school climate -- among many other challenges new principals experience.

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Ellen Moir in Forbes: To transform education system, focus on teacher effectiveness
12 Apr 2013

In an article published by Forbes, Ellen Moir describes how New Teacher Center is seizing a once in a century opportunity to scale its impact and take teacher effectiveness to new heights.

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Mentor Academy Series

This sequenced curriculum of mentor professional development supports teacher induction teams through the development of comprehensive mentoring knowledge and skills using the NTC Formative Assessment and Support system while building a community of learners who support each other’s growth as professional mentors.

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The Role of the Principal in High-Quality Teacher Induction Programs

This one-day professional development workshop explores how principals support the development and success of new teachers through collaborative relationships, effective communication, and thoughtful organizational structures and policies. Exploring the relationship between the principal, mentor teacher and beginning teacher, participants develop an action plan that supports teacher induction in their own context.

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e-Mentoring for Student Success (eMSS)

The New Teacher Center’s e-Mentoring for Student Success (eMSS) is an innovative nationwide content-specific online mentoring program that supports the professional growth and development, and increases the retention of new math, science, and special education teachers. Through eMSS, new and veteran teachers and university  faculty collaborate in an interactive community to advance high quality teaching for all students.

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Teacher Induction Consultation

The New Teacher Center provides consulting services to teachers, administrators, policy makers, and faculty in school districts, universities, and other educational organizations. NTC staff members have a broad range of expertise across the spectrum of teacher development and have worked with educational and policy-making entities in over forty states.

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Module 16: 5th Grade English Language Arts: Using Prepositions

Module 16, 5th Grade English Language Arts: Using Prepositions, shows a beginning teacher developing reading comprehension phrases. Students work independently and in small groups to write sentences with prepositional phrases and analogous pictures.

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Module 17: 4th Grade English Language Arts: Text-to-Self Connections

Module 17, English Language Arts: Text-to-Self (4th Grade), shows a beginning teacher using a Read-Aloud activity to support reading comprehension. Students access their prior knowledge, make predictions, compare information, and describe text-to-self connections. The teacher uses a Venn Diagram as a discussion and pre-writing prompt.

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Teacher Induction Program Success and Sustainability

The summer 2012 edition of  Reflections  focuses on how districts can ensure the success and sustainability of their teacher induction program. Key articles explore how the most successful programs are based on a systemic approach that includes; rigorous program design, evaluation for continuous improvement and engaged school leaders who can provide the all important supportive context and conditions.

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Learning Zone

Online services, tools, and resources for high-quality teacher induction programs.

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Cultivating Effective Teachers Through Evaluation and Support: A Guide for Illinois Policymakers and Educational Leaders

This Guide explores how the state can solidify the 2010 Performance Evaluation Reform Act's (PERA) role in informing and supporting new teacher development. In this effort, we have identified two main priorities for Illinois policymakers and PERA implementers.

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Why I chose to teach
07 May 2013

Many of the staff at New Teacher Center began their careers as teachers. For Teacher Appreciation Day, we asked them why they chose to teach.

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For the help of the many or the accountability of the few?
21 Mar 2013

Last week I had the distinct opportunity to attend the 2013 International Summit on the Teaching Profession in Amsterdam which focused on teacher evaluation. The major theme of the Summit: Should countries have sophisticated, centralized evaluation systems with clearly defined measures and processes, or should teachers in schools and localities work to collectively define their standards, their evaluation, their development, and ultimately their own profession?

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I'm teaching you for now and for later
20 Mar 2013

Lillian Turnipseed has been a teacher for thirty-eight years. This past year she's had a new job: sharing her experience and fierce commitment to teaching with her newest colleagues as one of RIDE's Induction Coaches.

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5 key takeaways on supporting and evaluating teachers from new NTC guide for IL leaders
26 Feb 2013

Today, New Teacher Center is releasing Cultivating Effective Teachers Through Evaluation And Support: A Guide For Illinois Policymakers And Educational Leaders, a guide that explores whether a new state teacher evaluation law in Illinois provides sufficient growth and learning opportunities for beginning teachers. Here, I offer five main takeaways from this work for a national audience.

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