TCS Plan for New Teacher Orientation and Support

Trussville City Schools has a district plan for orienting and supporting new teachers.  Our objectives are:

To retain effective teachers, to provide a positive work environment, and to achieve success in teaching

To clarify the district’s beliefs, purpose, vision, and expectations

To provide intensive coaching, feedback, modeling, and supervision

To provide opportunities for networking, sharing experiences, and reflecting

To nurture a learning community that will produce teacher and student learning

To differentiate the type and amount of support to new teachers based on their needs

Each school has a designated New Teacher Coordinator who will work closely with mentors and new teachers throughout the year.  Already, new teachers have met with coordinators for lunch and an orientation to their schools.  All new teachers attended a systemwide orientation prior to the opening of school.  Each month, the groups will meet to share and to learn from each other and receive initial training for technology, etc. that experienced teachers might not need. Coordinators will provide opportunities for new teachers to observe in the classrooms of peers and to be observed and coached with feedback.  

Coordinators are:

Paine - Melanie Glover and Kristi Stacks

HTMS - Leigh Stovall

HTHS - Dawn Kilgore

New Teacher Coordinator Dawn Kilgore debriefs with new teachers after the start of the year.