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Teacher Induction and Mentoring Initiatives

The Office of Professional Development actively supports new teacher induction programs throughout the Latham Clinical Schools Network. 

Recently, ECU’s College of Education and Pitt County Schools, a partnership under the auspices of Teachers for a New Era (TNE) & The Learning Network (LN), have been selected as recipients of the NTC Teacher Induction Professional Development Trainings funded by the Carnegie Corporation.  The grant will provide instructional mentoring training for selected Pitt County Schools teachers and administrators during the 2007-08 academic year.  The goal of the program is to link the preservice teacher education program at ECU with the Beginning Teacher Support Program in Pitt County Schools to provide a seamless transition from teacher education candidate to new teacher.

ECU-Pitt County Schools Partnership Training Dates

Mentoring Resources for Teachers and Administrators

• East Carolina University College of Education
• • The New Teacher Support Network - http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/ntsn/Index.cfm
• The New Teacher Center at UC-Santa Cruz – www.newteachercenter.org
• NC Department of Public Instruction Resources
• • Beginning Teacher Support Services - www.ncpublicschools.org/recruitment/beginning/
  • “How To” Series, including How to Mentor a Novice Teacher – www.ncpublicschools.org/docs/schoolimprovement/development/howto
• US Department of Education
• • What to Expect Your First Year of Teaching – www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/index.html
  • How Can Principals and Administrators Help First Year Teachers? – www.ed.gov/pubs/FirstYear/ch4.html
• The Mentoring and Leadership Resource Network – www.mentors.net