Teacher Induction & Mentoring
Teacher Preparation
Video
On a Mission to Help Student-Teachers Thrive—and Stay in the Profession
Marsha Francis, the program director of GO First Step in Fulton County, Ga., has rethought how the district handles student teaching.
Recruitment & Retention
Video
Revamping How a School System Hires, Places, and Supports Teachers and Educators
Gonzalo La Cava, chief of human resources in Palm Beach County, Fla., knows that schools must be strategic about finding the right teachers.
Teacher Preparation
How Can We Get More Highly Effective Teachers to Serve as Mentors?
Researchers say mentor teachers should be paid 15 times more. (And on a programming note, this will be the last post on the Teacher Beat blog.)
Teaching Profession
Opinion
How to Be a Better Mentor to Your Student-Teachers
Being a skilled teacher of children doesn’t automatically make you a skilled mentor of new teachers. So how do you teach someone to teach?
Professional Development
Q&A
Outgoing New Teacher Center CEO: 'Teachers Are Not Born, They're Developed'
On the eve of her retirement from the New Teacher Center, Ellen Moir reflects on lessons learned in a decades-long career in teacher development.
Recruitment & Retention
New Teachers Are Often Assigned to High-Poverty Schools. Why Not Train Them There?
Denver is testing a strategy for preparing new teachers: having them serve for a year as "associate teachers" in highly rated, high-poverty schools.
Recruitment & Retention
Fla. Superintendent to Become the New Teacher Center's Next CEO
Desmond Blackburn, the superintendent of the Brevard County, Fla., school district, will lead the nonprofit that's well known for its work mentoring incoming educators across the country.
Professional Development
What Works in Teacher Induction? The New Teacher Center Releases Its Standards
This is the first time that the New Teacher Center is releasing its standards to the public, instead of just its partner districts.
Recruitment & Retention
Ellen Moir, New Teacher Center Founder, to Retire
After 20 years leading the New Teacher Center--a nonprofit well-known for its work mentoring incoming educators around the country--Ellen Moir has announced she will retire this summer.
Teacher Preparation
If We Fix Student Teaching, Will We Fix Teacher Shortages?
The president of the National Council on Teacher Quality presented what she sarcastically called a "radical" solution for both improving the pipeline of new teachers and filling specific teacher shortages: "Fix student teaching."
Federal
$2 Billion for Teacher Training, Salaries Eliminated in House Budget Plan
The plan released by the U.S. House of Representatives differs from President Trump's proposal in many ways, except this glaring one: It would also eliminate Title II funds that go toward teacher professional development.
Recruitment & Retention
Buffalo and Rochester Work Together to Recruit Teachers of Color
The two Upstate New York districts are venturing beyond the largely white region to tap a more diverse pool of educators.
Recruitment & Retention
Michigan Teacher Prep Initiative Gets STEM Teachers into High-Needs Schools
The program is funding fellows at six of the state's higher education institutions.
Teaching Profession
Denver Looks to Invest $10 Million in Master-Teacher Program
Denver is turning to taxpayers to take a teacher-mentoring program district-wide.