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Navigating the profession: mentors, teams, specialists, school culture, boundaries, and your contract.

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Working With Your Mentor
15 / 45 min or half-day · New teachers

A good mentor relationship is one of the strongest predictors of a successful first year, but only if the new teacher uses it well.

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Collaborating With Your Team
15 / 45 min or half-day · New teachers

New teachers do not have to figure everything out alone, and the strongest ones lean on their grade-level or department team.

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Navigating School Culture
15 / 45 min or half-day · New teachers

Every school has unwritten rules, who to ask for what, how things really get done, what the norms are, and new teachers who learn them early navigate the year far more smoothly.

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Professional Boundaries & Social Media
15 / 45 min or half-day · New teachers

New teachers want to connect with students, but warmth has to come with clear professional boundaries, in person and online.

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Working With Specialists
15 / 45 min or half-day · New teachers

New teachers often do not realize how much support surrounds them, counselors, special educators, interventionists, instructional coaches, and more.

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Contract, Benefits & the Profession
15 / 45 min or half-day · New teachers

Beyond the classroom, there is a whole professional side to teaching that no one really explains, your contract, pay and benefits, licensure and its renewal, professional organizations, and your rights and responsibilities.

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Confidentiality & Mandated Reporting
15 / 45 min or half-day · New teachers

As a teacher, you hold sensitive information about students and families, and you carry serious legal and ethical responsibilities: protecting student privacy, and recognizing and reporting suspected harm.

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Learning From Other Teachers
15 / 45 min or half-day · New teachers

Some of the best professional learning available to a new teacher is free and just down the hall: watching experienced colleagues teach.

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School Politics & Staff Dynamics
15 / 45 min or half-day · Teachers

Every school has its own web of relationships, personalities, and unspoken dynamics among the staff, and as a new teacher, learning to navigate them wisely, professionally, and without getting pulled into drama protects both your wellbeing and your reputation.

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Relationships With Support Staff
15 / 45 min or half-day · Teachers

The custodians, office staff, paraprofessionals, bus drivers, and cafeteria workers keep a school running, and they can be a new teacher's greatest allies.

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