Supporting New ELA

Teachers
Presented by Katherine Harrison
ELA New Teachers and Mentors - Friday, April 23, 2021
OBJECTIVE:

Support new hires

in CalCA’s High
School English
Department by
providing an easily
accessible website
that contains the
resources they
need.
 Teacher Leader Model Standards (TLMS)

Domain 1: Fostering a Collaborative Culture to Support Educator Development and

Student Learning
A) Utilizes group processes to help colleagues work collaboratively to solve problems,
make decisions, manage conflict, and promote meaningful change.
B) Models effective skills in listening, presenting ideas, leading discussions, clarifying,
mediating and identifying the needs of self and others in order to advance shared
goals and professional learning.

Domain 3: Promoting Professional Learning for Continuous Improvement

C) Facilitates professional learning among colleagues.
D) Identifies and uses appropriate technologies to promote collaborative and
differentiated professional learning.
 CA Standards for the Teaching Profession (CSTP)

6.2 Establishing professional goals and engaging in continuous and purposeful

professional growth and development.

6.6 Managing professional responsibilities to maintain motivation and commitment to all

students.
Do you remember your first week at CalCA?
In the poll pod, describe your first few days or weeks as a new English teacher
at CalCA.
 With up to 20% of staff
Onboarding turnover occurring within
the first 45 days of
employment, a
standardized onboarding
process is essential.
~Ron Carucci
 The Importance of Onboarding

“In my experience as a consultant for Fortune 500 companies, I’ve found that
the most effective organizations onboard new hires for the duration of their
first year — their most vulnerable period — and focus on three key
dimensions: the organizational, the technical, and the social. By using this
integrated approach, they enable their employees to stay, and to thrive.”

~Ron Carucci, Harvard Business Review

Carucci, Ron (2018). To retain new hires, spend more time onboarding them.
Harvard Business Review, December 2018
YOUR TURN: PLEASE USE THE POLL POD TO ANSWER

What supports do we offer for our new hires?

Which have been most helpful to you?

Support for New Teachers

● Supervisor
● PLC
● Here2Help Chat
● Department Mentors
(Weekly drop-in sessions
and 1:1 support as
needed)
● Extended Mini Trainings
● New Staff Support Mtgs.
● Video trainings/PD
Introducing...a website for our new ELA teachers!

https://calcanewteachersupport.weebly.com/
YOUR TURN:

As we look at the
website, please add
your suggestions to
this Google Doc….

[LINK]
YOUR TURN
Do you think you will use this website?

What changes would you like to see?