The Support Working Group has been considering different
options for ongoing communication with novice teachers and SCSU Graduates. In
academic year 2013-14, we posted resources through Schoology, an educational
management system that can also serve as a social networking site for educators.
This year, the group’s goal was to reach new teachers and graduates directly and
incorporate more engagement. We decided to create short monthly videos that
correlate with the phases that new teachers typically progress through in their
first year of teaching.
Milissa Walz, social studies teacher and mentor leader in
Holdingford, creates the content for the videos. She shares that with Gregg
Hermerding, media specialist and mentor from Monticello, who then creates the
Animoto Videos. Each month, TPI shares the videos directly with novice teachers
and recent SCSU Graduates and posts them on our new teacher website. When TPI
hosts New Teacher Workshops, Gregg also creates a follow-up video for those
gatherings as well. Please take some time to check out a few of these 3-minute
videos at: http://tpiscsu1.weebly.com/resources.html
“Do you have ideas on how to stay in communication and
engage with our novice teachers and recent graduates?
