1. Bellwork
Think about…
Discuss with your shoulder partner. 
Do you currently have Non-Traditional Pathway Teachers in your district? What are some tools that could be provided to Non-Traditional Pathway Teachers to achieve success in the classroom?

2. Scared to Hire Non-Traditional Pathway Teachers? You Shouldn’t Be!
Megan Cloud
Director of Professional Development
Ethan Hurley
Director of College and Career Readiness

3. Objectives
Evaluate lessons learned about the needs of Non- Traditional Pathway teachers.
Provide details about Vail’s effective system for supporting new Non-Traditional Pathway hires. Including tools for: - New Teacher Induction - NTI - Direct Coaching Model - Tiered Instructional Support

4. Essential Questions
Who are Non-Traditional Pathway teachers? How do we support them in Vail classroom?

5. Nearly 2,000 had no formal teacher training.
The Reality
The Arizona Republic gathered data from 162 Arizona school districts accounting for 46,000 teachers and about 80 percent of the state's public-school students in the term. Of those teachers, 22 percent lacked full qualifications or were in their first 2 years of teaching.
Nearly 2,000 had no formal teacher training.

6. More Teachers Are Choosing a Non-Traditional Pathway to Certification
Teachers who have experience with the content
Fewer education courses completed (if any)
Little or no time student teaching

7. Legislation Is Removing Barriers

8. The legislation, Senate Bill 1042, will allow people to get a standard certificate without any formal training if they show five years of "relevant work experience" in what they plan to teach.
The new law will effectively allow both a college biology professor as well as a recent graduate with a bachelor's degree in biology (but no formal teacher training) to obtain a standard certificate for that subject.

9. A Variety of Programs Teach for Arizona University of Phoenix
Pima Community College
U of A/ASU/NAU/GCU
U of A South
Ottawa University
Prescott College
Rio Salado College
American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence
Teach Now

10. What We Learned: Programs
Programs represent a wide variety of experiences
Rigor and expectations are varied
Teachers often are not taking classes during the first year of teaching
Program completion varies from 2 months to 2 years

11. What We Learned: Teacher Success
In Vail, there are a larger number of Non-Traditional Pathway teachers than ever being placed in classrooms
Wide range of success levels
Without a strong connection on campus, retention is unlikely

12. A New Teacher Induction Program is critical to success, but not enough
Intervention/support during the first month is essential
Early development of classroom management routines is paramount

13. Sometimes Non-Traditional Pathway teachers don’t know/believe they are struggling
Reflective coaching is not enough for Non-Traditional Pathway teachers
Classroom in a Box/visit and observe other classrooms

14. Vail’s System
District coaches worked with the most struggling teachers
Researched the programs our teachers were in
Moved from a reflective to direct coaching model
Created direct coaching tiers

15. Tiered Instructional Support
Vail’s System
New Teacher Induction
Direct Coaching Model
Tiered Instructional Support

16. New Teacher Induction
Vail’s effective system for supporting new Non-Traditional Pathway hires

17. Adjustments To The New Teacher Induction Program
New Teacher Induction Non-Traditional Pathway Lunch (1st day of NTI)
Full NTI days vs. ½ day throughout the year
Topics: - Classroom walk-thrus - Lesson planning - Beyond Textbooks - Classroom Management - Student engagement

18. Cognitive, Literacy, and Math coaching will begin the following year

19. Direct Coaching Model
Vail’s effective system for supporting new Non-Traditional hires

20. Cognitive Coaching Model
Cognitive Coaching vs. Direct Coaching Models
Cognitive Coaching Model
Direct Coaching Model
• Three observations • On-going, continuous check-ins heavily weighted towards the beginning of the year
• Reflective • Direct Feedback
• Focus on EEI/IRAQ • Focus on the Tier framework

21. Who is Applicable for Direct Coaching?
A newly hired teacher who has an internship certificate
A newly hired teacher who may not be in an internship program, but is acting as a full time teacher on a permanent substitute contract.
The intention of the newly hired teacher is to become an appropriately certified teacher in the near future!

22. Direct Coaching Details
District office coach - Sites uncomfortable with non-administration using directives without training
Observe 2 times a month
traditional observations
unscheduled observations/drop ins
observations of other classroom teachers
literacy or math supports
help with lesson planning
Consistent Direct Coach/Principal check-ins and communication

23. Tiered Instructional Support
Vail’s effective system for supporting new Non-Traditional hires

24. Why A Tiered Instructional Support System?
Not all standards are equal, some are Essential

25. Why A Tiered Instructional Support System?

26. Why A Tiered Instructional Support System?
Prioritize classroom management over instruction
“When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.” Karen Martin, The Outstanding Organization

27. Why A Tiered Instructional Support System?
TEACHING IS BOTH A SCIENCE AND AN ART
We need to know the science of our profession, the history, the methodology.
Once we know the science - then we can truly be creative.

28. Tiered Instructional Support
Tier 1 - Procedures - Classroom Management - Expectations
Tier 2 - Essential Elements of Instruction
Tier 3 - Content and Technology

29. Direct Coaching Observation Record
Handout

30. “If you don’t have a plan, you are planning to fail.”
Take – Aways
All new teachers are at risk of not being effective.
This is a growing problem.
Everyone needs a plan
“If you don’t have a plan, you are planning to fail.”

31. According to a 2015 report by the Arizona Department of Education, more than one-fifth of the state's teachers leave the profession in their first two years.
Forty-two percent of those teaching in 2013 had left the profession by the 2016 school term, according to the report, leaving “schools to scramble to find and keep teachers while denying students the benefits of having a well-trained, consistent presence in the classroom.”.

32. Closure
Think about… What is your plan to help support Non-Traditional Pathway teachers in your district?

33. We hope you enjoyed this BT Breakout Session.
Thank You
Thank you for allowing us to share with you this information on Scared to Hire Non-Traditional Pathway Teachers? You Shouldn’t Be!
We hope you enjoyed this BT Breakout Session.