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The International Summit on the Teaching Profession

by Ellen Moir on Tue, 04/12/2011 - 7:18am
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Around the world there is a growing recognition that induction and ongoing professional development are essential to improve student learning. This was evident in remarks I heard and conversations I had at the International Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York City, where Secretary Duncan brought together the Ministers of Education and union leaders from 15 other countries to talk about how to create a well-prepared and accountable teaching profession.

Skoll Foundation Names Ellen Moir and New Teacher Center for 2011 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship

by Ellen Moir on Tue, 03/22/2011 - 11:18am
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The Skoll Foundation announced this week Ellen Moir, New Teacher Center founder and Chief Executive Officer as one of four recipients of the 2011 Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship. Each year the Skoll Foundation chooses a select group of social entrepreneurs and their organizations working around the world in the areas of tolerance and human rights, health, environmental sustainability, peace and security, and economic and social equity.

Our New Video!

by Ellen Moir on Tue, 03/08/2011 - 5:33pm
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At our 13th National Symposium last month, we debuted a new video that showcases beginning teachers’ struggles and the impact that mentoring by expert

New philanthropic special report on improving teaching quality profiles New Teacher Center induction model

by Ellen Moir on Thu, 02/24/2011 - 10:25am
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 New Teacher Center is featured in a new special report, “High Impact Philanthropy to Improve Teaching Quality: Focus on High-Need Secondary Students,” by the Center for High Impact Philanthropy at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Role of the Principal

by Ellen Moir on Fri, 02/11/2011 - 3:31pm
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Traditionally, approaches to the principalship often focus on the operational and the management aspects of the position. But I believe we are coming to embrace a much more powerful role for the “principal teacher” than ever before, and this is nowhere more evident than in the lives of beginning teachers.