NTE Pilot
The Louisiana Department of Education (LDOE) will support school systems in establishing a comprehensive teacher induction program that can serve as a pathway for novice teachers to experience teacher socialization and collaboration with affinity groups, work with a trained, carefully selected mentor throughout the year, study pedagogical skills and content knowledge, and build confidence in their abilities to instruct students and manage classrooms. This guidance will assist school systems to either develop a new teacher induction program or strengthen an existing induction program.
School systems may be interested in participating in this pilot if they do not have a support program in place for new teachers, or if they have one that they want to modify to include additional best practices.