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New Teacher Academy
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Overview |
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The Macomb New Teacher Academy (NTA) has been created to
provide quality professional development experiences that will
enhance your professional growth. At the same time, it can help
you meet the state requirements that you receive 15 days or 90
hours of
professional development in your first three years of teaching.
While the design of the New Teacher Academy is based on
National, State, and Local research, the topics of the sessions
offered each year are selected based on the feedback of
participants.
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New Teacher
Academy Handbook |
Enclosed in this handbook you
will find checklists, guidelines,
resources, tools and many examples
that you will be able to utilize as
you begin to plan the climate of
your classroom
NewTeacherAcademyHandbook.pdf
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Participation |
First, second or third year teachers, employed in a Macomb County
School District, are eligible to participate in the Macomb New Teacher
Academy (NTA)
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Tenure/Certification/Law |
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You are in a probationary period during the first four years of
employment. You must have an Individualized Development Plan (IDP). An
IDP must be developed by appropriate administrative staff in
consultation with you. An IDP must include goals. An assessment of
progress in meeting IDP goals must be included on an annual year-end
performance evaluation.
There are three areas of legislation that affect new teachers:
- New Teacher Induction/Mentoring Process: PA 355 (1993), Section
1526,
- Amendments to the Teacher Tenure Act: PA 59 (1993), Article II,
Section 3a(1),
- Teacher Certification: PA 289 (1995).
- Act 118 amends previous school code
Please refer to the Michigan
Department of Education website for
more information:
http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_5683---,00.html
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Record Keeping |
The Macomb New Teacher Academy offers a
number of professional development offerings
throughout the year for the new teachers of
Macomb County, Michigan. Teachers are able
to attend their choice of sessions or series
related to a variety of professional
development topics.
At the end of the school year, a record
of New Teacher Academy sessions attended and
hours spent at such sessions is sent to the
new teacher, their principal and their
central administration. This report includes
only workshops sponsored by the New Teacher
Academy. Remember, that hours can be
compiled through a number of sources, with
the New Teacher Academy being one of many
sources. Therefore, we encourage new
teachers and their administration to also
keep a record of total hours spent on
professional development throughout your
entire career. If you attend other workshops
through the MISD or through other
facilities, they will not be included on the
MISD report. So, keep track of all of your
professional development experiences!
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Workshops |
Information
about courses offered at the MISD.
Click on VIEW BY INTEREST Button and
choose New Teacher Academy.
http://www.solutionwhere.com/misdtraining/cw/main.asp |
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