mentoring

Impacting Student Learning by Accelerating Teacher Effectiveness

by Alyson Mike on Tue, 03/15/2011 - 7:02am
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Check out the new video from NTC about the importance of mentoring!

 

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

Clarifying the Conversation

by Jenny Combs on Fri, 01/21/2011 - 1:37pm
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Beginning Teacher: I want to do a lesson on metric measurement. My seventh graders know nothing about it, and I know they will have to know it for the state test. I plan to have them stay at their desks and measure things they find in the classroom so they can see the value of knowing about the metric system. What do you think?

College Board Report on Mentoring

by Ellen Moir on Thu, 12/16/2010 - 12:48pm
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On December 15, I joined 4 educators and the Kentucky Commissioner of Higher Education, Dr. Terry Holliday, to speak on a panel on Capitol Hill about mentoring.  The panel was hosted in partnership with College Board, coincides with the release of the report - "Teachers are the Center of Education: Mentoring, Teaching, and Student Learning."

The article is attached - and you can read more at College Board.

High Quality Teacher Induction and Mentoring

by Ellen Moir on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 8:24am
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Nearly 75 percent of beginning teachers now participate in induction programs, and 80 percent report having a mentor, according to a new report published by the National Staff Development Council. NTC maintains that the quality of induction and mentoring support is critical to achieve desired outcomes, including student achievement gains documented in a recent federally funded study of induction. However, the intensity of these services and the availability of these opportunities to teachers in urban districts is inconsistent.

What's on Your Mind?

by Ellen Moir on Sat, 06/19/2010 - 2:05pm
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Welcome to the NTC's Community of Practice site.  I'd like to take this opportunity to hear from you -- what's on your mind about mentoring and induction

  • in your school?
  • in your district?
  • in your state??

I would like to hear about the successes you have had in regard to your induction program - as well as the challenges and how you have overcome them.

Ellen

 

Comprehensive Induction or Add-on Induction?

submitted by Karl Forest on Wed, 04/21/2010 - 12:39pm
Original Author: 
Dr. Lisa S. Johnson, Researcher, New Teacher Center

This Research Brief describes a study and its results regarding the differences in the instructional practice of beginning teachers and with student engagement when beginning teachers receive either comprehensive full-time induction model or part time, add on models.

Networking with other Mentors - Introductions

by Jenny Combs on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 1:43pm
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Do you want to network with other mentors - across the nation and world?

Would you like to hear what other mentors are doing?

If you would like, please do a brief introduction of yourself:

  • Tell us where you are from and what type of mentoring "gig" you have - full release to mentor?  part time?  volunteer?  after school?  online?
  • What experiences brought you into this role?
  • Why are you passionate about mentoring beginning teachers?

Quality Induction: An Investment in Teachers

submitted by Karl Forest on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 1:35pm
Original Author: 
Ellen Moir and Janet Gless

Reflections Winter, 2008

submitted by Karl Forest on Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:43am

Theme: Policy Focus Impacts Teacher Induction. First published Winter, 2008 as Volume X, Number 1. Titles in this issue: