Each new teacher is assigned a New Teacher Mentor, who provides weekly research-based instructional guidance, assists teachers in creating a data-driven continuum of professional growth, and offers collegial networking throughout the school year. These Mentors are carefully selected veteran teachers with decades of experience to share, who provide new teachers  the following supports crucial to fomenting our students' achievement:

• Co-teaching

• Instructional planning, support and design

• Data-analysis guidance

• Designing, delivering and evaluating professional development 

• Facilitating teaching collaboration and networking

• Grading and assessment guidance

• Classroom management planning

• Professional planning for career advancement opportunities

Each month, new teachers can participate in seminars on topics including, teacher observation and evaluation, student engagement and the brain, instructional design, equitable classrooms, PBIS strategies, reaching all learners and data-focused instruction. During these seminars, teachers can earn continuing education credits and additional pay.

Teachers may also participate in one of our collegiate partnerships to obtain advanced degrees in their subject area or initial certification.

Collegiate Partnerships: 

Coppin State

Chesapeake College

Salisbury University

MD Early Ed Corp

Mentors coordinate with teachers who can collaborate and learn from each other by arranging learning walks or single classroom visits even across schools in the district. During these class visits, new teachers take notes,  plan and collaborate together with a common or complementary goal in mind under the guidance of a Mentor.