Share Paper: Teachers Learning In Networked Communities: Online Teacher Induction, Support, and Collaboration

  1. Hanna Doerr, National Commission on Teaching & America's Future, United States
  2. Trey Martindale, University of Memphis, United States
  3. Annette Sills-Brown, Denver Public Schools, United States
  4. Anna Sellars, Denver Public Schools, United States
Wednesday, March 4 10:00 AM-11:00 AM Meeting Room 1

Abstract: The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future developed Teachers Learning in Networked Communities (TLINC) to encourage collaboration among educators and build a learning support system across the continuum from preservice training to expert teaching. The project, funded by the Department of Education, allows three partner sites to implement support for online communities of teachers, and provide technical assistance to embed these networks into their learning communities and professional practices. TLINC aims to improve new teacher retention rates by addressing three needs expressed by new teachers and cited in teacher retention literature: access to high-quality teaching resources, frequent access to ...