Support early-career teachers to become high-quality educators through actionable professional learning, mentorship, and job-embedded training.
Focus Area
Supporting and retaining teachers throughout the first five years of their career requires a clear plan and measure for success, differentiated professional learning for new teachers, and support for the educators who will be leading the initiative. Our learning plans include four distinct phases of implementation to launch and sustain a professional learning plan for teachers who are new to the classroom.
The BL Lab is at the center of professional learning for both new teachers and leaders. New teachers can access lesson plans and resources, work with their coach, track progress toward their outcomes, and measure their confidence in using new strategies in the classroom.
Instructional leaders can access a full library of bite-sized courses to support new teachers with research-backed learning anytime and anywhere.
Administrators gain a comprehensive view of the entirety of their professional learning programs, as well as an understanding of learning progress across multiple groups of educators.
Launch experiences are designed to bring together new teachers and the leaders who will work together to create changes in practice. During a launch for a new teacher initiative, educators will work collaboratively to understand key outcomes for success in becoming a student-centered educator and create a plan for actionable next steps and ongoing reflection.
Launching Your Teachership Journey | In-Person
Teachers can articulate the student-centered mindsets that support student engagement, personalization, and inclusion for all students.
New teachers need to be supported with job-embedded coaching. Instructional coaches who are specially trained in working with teachers in the first five years of their career will work with teachers to explore new concepts or skills, apply them in the classroom, and measure the impact of these practices on students.
1:1 Job Embedded Coaching | Virtual
Educators work with a coach to create sustained shifts in practice aligned to target outcomes using our Try-Measure-Learn approach.
Learning Walks are a non-evaluative tool that helps instructional leaders assess the quality of student learning and effectiveness of instruction using data. Leaders can support new teachers by understanding what success looks like in the classroom, learning how to support new teachers to achieve their target outcomes, and refining their professional learning plans using what they uncover during the Learning Walk.
Learning Walk Cycle | In-Person
Leaders can identify evidence of the target outcomes in the classroom and in student learning.
Provide new teachers with collaborative learning experiences so that they can work together towards the changes you want to see in the classroom. Virtual Workshops focus on targeted learning outcomes so that educators can set goals, identify manageable implementation steps, and create a plan to reflect on results for continuous improvements in practice.
Designing Routines and Procedures to Empower Students | Virtual
I develop routines and procedures that structure an efficient, student-led classroom.
Cultivating an Inclusive Classroom Culture | Virtual
I cultivate a classroom culture that promotes a student-centered learning environment.
Planning Process for Student Centered Lessons | Virtual
I design learning experiences that support students to meet learning targets.
Varying Instructional Delivery for Engagement | Virtual
I vary methods of instructional delivery and tasks to promote student engagement.
Making Connections with Families | Virtual
I connect with families to build relationships that promote student learning.
New teachers won’t get the comprehensive support they need from one-off PD days. Our learning plans are created from in-person, virtual, group, and individual learning experiences that are paced throughout the school year and built off of previous learnings. Our team will create a tailored learning plan that’s based on your district’s strategic plans to achieve real outcomes for your new teachers.
Every learning experience focuses on working towards a specific outcome to make changes in practice specific, impactful, and sustainable. For new teacher initiatives, we focus on helping educators achieve the below outcomes.
Outcome: I develop routines and procedures that structure an efficient, student-led classroom.
Outcome: I cultivate a classroom culture that promotes a student-centered learning environment.
Outcome: I design learning experiences that support students to meet learning targets.
Outcome: I vary methods of instructional delivery and tasks to promote student engagement.
Outcome: I connect with families to build relationships that promote student learning.
Explore classroom management strategies that create a welcoming learning environment that supports all learners—even when they experience challenges.
Identify and celebrate students’ strengths to equip them to effectively adopt a growth mindset and set learning goals.
Use classroom zones to create a personalized classroom that best meets each student’s learning needs.
Accelerate growth in your schools and stay ahead of the curve.
