Instructor Coach Program

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Instructor Coach Program

• What is it? A program that helps new CTE
  teachers become proficient in the classroom.
• Why do we need it? Currently, we are filling CTE
  vacancies with people coming from industry
  because we value their expertise and the
  universities are not producing enough CTE
  teachers.

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WHY?

• There are approximately 1200 Provisionally
  Certified CTE teachers in the state
• And as the first of the Baby Boomers can retire
  at age 62 in 2008, the number of Provisionally
  Certified teachers will grow.

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WHY?

• How many CTE programs will be closed because of
  the lack of certifiable and effective teachers?
• WE MUST DO SOMETHING NOW!!!

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How ?

• Institute the CTE Instructor Coach Program
• Mentors new CTE teachers by seasoned
  professionals
• Provides a safe environment for new teachers to
  hone teaching skills

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Attributes of Instructor Coach Program

• Provides a neutral mentor for the new classroom
  CTE teacher
• Mentor provides long term, on-site help to new
  teacher
• Safe environmentinformation shared between
  mentor and teacher is CONFIDENTIAL

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Attributes of Instructor Coach Program

• It helps new teachers learn expectations
• inside school
• outside school
• It helps new teachers become better facilitators
  of student instruction

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Attributes of Instructor Coach Program

• It helps teachers complete the requirements for
  Standard Certification
• It helps districts retain Perkins, Priority and
  JTED
• It provides an information network that teachers
  can access
• Piloted Surviving the AEPA Exam, all
  participants of pilot group passed the test

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Attributes of Instructor Coach Program

• It provides classroom materials and other
  resources for the teachers to use
• It is a long term safety net for the new teacher
• It helps the new teacher prepare for the Arizona
  Educator Proficiency Assessments

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Effects of Teacher Leaving

• What happens when a CTE teacher leaves?
• ---Loss of student options
• --Cost of teacher replacement
• ----Loss of (Perkins, Priority, and JTED)

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Cost to Participate

• 1000.00 monthly plus expenses of the mentor
  teacher
• Costs do not include cost associated with
  mandatory coursework or Arizona Educator
  Proficiency Assessments

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Contact Information

• Lois Lamer
• 928-634-7131 12
• Susan Cooper
• 800-522-2283 or 928-523-1398

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Questions

• We are here to help. Please ask us your
  questions.
• Thank you