Math Group Tries to Help Young Teachers Stay the Course

Salt Lake City

Worried about the annual exodus of young teachers from the profession, a major association of math educators is making a fresh effort to help a new crop cope with the common frustrations of the job and make a long-term career of it.

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics cannot directly influence some of the factors that steer young educators out of the classroom, such as low pay, poor working conditions, or lack of planning time.

But leaders of the 100,000-member association are trying to ease new teachers’ transition in other ways—particularly by helping them master new or difficult math content, manage their classrooms effectively, and know where...