Arizona New Teacher Support Program

Participating districts agree to:

• Provide a program lead for the program.
• Select mentors or coaches through an application process that ensures all mentors licensed to teach in Arizona and possess the skills, knowledge, and dispositions to the newest members of the teaching profession.
• Ensure program lead and mentors attend all required trainings and forums.
• Assure mentors support each beginning teacher for a minimum of two hours per week for observation, feedback, and consultation.
• Work with teachers, principals, and district administrators to identify and assist in delivering professional development opportunities for beginning teachers.

Evidence-Based

The Arizona New Teacher Support Program uses the evidence-based New Teacher Center induction and mentoring model. We also align this work with Arizona’s Beginning Teacher Induction Program Standards and Arizona’s Professional Teaching Standards. We invite Arizona districts, schools, and individual district or school programs or departments to join us in this work and build a culture of induction in their community.

Some of the research behind this program:

On Student Achievement

On Teacher Retention