NTP-WI HOME ABOUT US STAFF WORKSHOP CALENDAR SUMMARY OF WORKSHOPS PRINT REGISTRATION FORMS NTP-WI Registration forms SEWNTP - Cardinal Stritch  WORKSHOP DESCRIPTIONS: Analyzing Student Work to Guide Instruction Creating and Facilitating Meetings Coaching in Complex Situations Coaching & Observation Strategies  Designing and Presenting Professional Development  Instructional Mentoring Mentoring For Equity Mentor's Role in WI's PDP The Role of the Site Administrator

The New Teacher Center - Wisconsin  (NTP-WI)  We bring guidance, training and support to school districts as they develop and implement new teacher induction programs. The NTP-WI builds upon the expertise of the New Teacher Center  at the University of California, Santa Cruz (NTC @ UCSC) which has provided exceptional training and support programs that have dramatically improved retention rates while accelerating the practice of new teachers. The NTP-WI is funded by the NTC @ UCSC and grants from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and by school districts with which it works. The NTP-WI formed a focused affiliate program, the Dane County New Teacher Project (DCNTP) in August 2002. Fifteen school districts-Belleville, Cambridge, Deerfield, DeForest, Madison, Marshall, McFarland, Monona Grove, Mount Horeb, Oregon, Stoughton, Sun Prairie, Verona, Waterloo, and Waunakee-work collaboratively on teacher induction through this consortium. The  DCNTP is funded by the New Teacher Center at UCSC and grants from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and the school districts in the consortium. The DCNTP has a strong infrastructure that seeks input and guidance from teachers, administrators, professional organizations and agencies while building a strong partnership with the University of Wisconsin, Madison. UW's Department of Curriculum and Instruction gathered baseline data in the participating districts for a study of mentor effectiveness, while UW's School of Education offers a ten-credit Mentor Program of Advanced Study, including four credits from the completion of WNTP mentor training curriculum. For more information on the Program of Advanced Study, please visit UW Program of Advanced Study In addition, the New Teacher Center - WI has formed three new consortiums:  Cardinal Stritch University which currently has ten districts, UW-River Falls which currently has eight districts and Kimberly which has four districts.  New Teacher Center - WI offers seamless professional development for mentors through a series of trainings from NTC that have been adapted for Wisconsin Teacher Standards and are offered at various locations statewide. Those trainings include: Foundations in Mentoring; Coaching and Observation Strategies for Working with Beginning Teachers; Designing and Presenting Professional Development; Analyzing Student Work to Guide Instruction; The Mentor's Role in the PDP Process; Coaching in Complex Situations; Mentoring for Equity; and Creating and Facilitating Meetings for Mentor Growth. Credit is available for most NTP-WI workshops.