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

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. Skoll Award recipients receive a three-year grant that provides unrestricted funding to allow social entrepreneurs and their organizations to extend their reach and impact.

“Ellen Moir put her teaching experience to work for all educators,” said Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation. “New Teacher Center’s innovative mentoring and training programs are keeping beginning teachers in classrooms where they belong, and helping ensure that state and federal policies line up with the needs of educators and students.”

New Teacher Center develops, implements and advocates for comprehensive induction systems for new teachers to improve their effectiveness, retention and leadership and raise student achievement. The organization’s goal is to improve student learning by supporting the development of an inspired, dedicated and highly qualified teaching force. It is a leading national nonprofit in the US that is focused on new teacher effectiveness and inducted 26,818 teachers and 1,762 new and experienced principals in 2009-10, reaching 1.84 million students.

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