New Teacher Support
Onboarding
- New employee orientation, includes a day with a grade-level/department mentor
- Special summer event for first-year/provisionally licensed teachers
- In-person or virtual meeting with teacher support coordinator during the summer
Virginia New Teacher Support Program (VANTSP)
All first-year/provisionally licensed teachers (in collaboration with James Madison University):
- Receive support at least twice per month using VANSTP frameworks from trained GCPS teacher leaders/coaches
- JMU New Teacher Support Program
Individualized Coaching Cycles
- Specific to the needs of early career teachers during the first three years
- Ongoing coaching on an as-needed basis
- Collaborative relationships with instructional and behavioral coaches
First Year Mentor
- All first-year teachers assigned mentors from grade level/department
- Support with team/department and building-specific procedures and tasks
- Monthly mentor-mentee meetings to review items of importance shared by the teacher support coordinator
Additional Support
- Grade level/department team members
- Grade level/department chair
- Building administration
- Teacher Support Coordinator