How Do We Support Our Alumni?
With a strong focus on teacher wellness and career longevity, we are committed to supporting our network of teachers at every stage of their careers. In addition to the two-year Induction program, TR@TC continues to give priority to teacher sustainability and career longevity by:
- Providing opportunities for collaboration and community building,
- Targeted professional development opportunities,
- Offering support and guidance to enhance professional status, including National Board Certification,
- Coaching teacher leaders through the development of workshops and leading Professional Learning Communities (PLCs), and
- Creating opportunities to apply for supplemental funding to support curriculum projects and professional endeavors.
Our mission is to support the growth and learning of new educators in ways that enhance their capacity as teachers, encourage proactively addressing social justice issues, strengthen collaborative creative problem solving, and continue developing their passion for fostering students' learning.
Our vision is to establish a strong network of teachers who are:
- Dedicated to providing opportunities full of rich, authentic, and meaningful learning for themselves and their students;
- Intentionally earn and foster positive and productive relationships with the communities of colleagues, students, families, friends, and neighbors that they have joined;
- Wise and have the courage to lead through listening and the humility needed to acknowledge and act on ideas and expertise that they can find in the community; and
- Develop attitudes of creative problem solving, even in times of struggle and frustration.
What Makes TR@TC's Induction Program Innovative?
Learn more about how Carolyn benefitted from her commitment to TR@TC. She shares how TR@TC equipped her with the necessary tools to teach the whole child while teaching her as a whole person. She believes TR@TC's way of modeling what they preach is an effective way of teaching anything, in general.
TR@TC continues to provide her with Induction support via professional development opportunities, such as serving as a Residency Supervisor!