WEBVTT 00:00:05.867 --> 00:00:07.200 So our purpose… 00:00:07.233 --> 00:00:09.967 and our mission with everything we do from our public schools. 00:00:10.000 --> 00:00:13.000 line:20% is rooted in supporting teachers through 00:00:13.033 --> 00:00:16.667 line:20% their 1st full year of being in a classroom, 00:00:16.667 --> 00:00:21.200 no matter what background they come from, and then continuing that support through their early years in the career. 00:00:21.233 --> 00:00:22.533 Choose Moore! 00:00:22.533 --> 00:00:24.767 line:20% I have had many resources. 00:00:24.833 --> 00:00:28.233 line:20% The biggest resource that I've used recently 00:00:28.267 --> 00:00:30.067 is my instructional coach. 00:00:30.067 --> 00:00:33.033 I've had someone be able to come into my classroom, see me 00:00:33.033 --> 00:00:35.767 teach in real time, give me feedback. 00:00:36.033 --> 00:00:39.333 My instructional coach follows up, helps me prepare materials, 00:00:39.367 --> 00:00:42.300 so I don't feel like I'm trying new strategies on my own. 00:00:42.367 --> 00:00:44.500 I have someone right there always helping me. 00:00:45.033 --> 00:00:46.433 Choose Moore! 00:00:46.433 --> 00:00:49.533 line:20% Oh, instructional coaches and more are designed to work with 1st year. 00:00:49.533 --> 00:00:51.333 line:20% beginning career teachers. 00:00:51.333 --> 00:00:52.933 We provide. 00:00:52.933 --> 00:00:54.200 A thinking partner. 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:56.600 Instructional guidance. 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.800 Feedback, and when we see classroom management, anything 00:00:59.833 --> 00:01:03.467 we possibly can do, we also feel like we are a connector, 00:01:03.467 --> 00:01:06.933 we can connect them to resources, whether that be a game, an 00:01:06.967 --> 00:01:12.667 activity, a lesson plan, but also connecting teachers to the correct people in the district. 00:01:12.733 --> 00:01:18.133 We have so much help between our curriculum departments and mentors and administrators. 00:01:18.167 --> 00:01:20.167 There's so much support. 00:01:20.167 --> 00:01:23.167 So we want to be kind of like the center spoke of a will and just be a connector. 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:25.933 For me, being a new teacher, I'm having to study. 00:01:26.000 --> 00:01:31.100 So they're fully supported, including Kelley, on guiding me through the practice. 00:01:31.167 --> 00:01:33.167 What do I need to do? 00:01:33.167 --> 00:01:33.833 What do I need to study? 00:01:33.833 --> 00:01:35.867 They even went so far as to get the books for me, to be 00:01:35.867 --> 00:01:38.367 able to study and check out flashcards and everything. 00:01:38.433 --> 00:01:41.533 So the full support is there not only in teaching, but in 00:01:41.567 --> 00:01:44.967 getting me through to the next level and passing all those tests. 00:01:45.400 --> 00:01:47.300 Choose Moore! 00:01:47.300 --> 00:01:49.267 line:20% Me, especially coming from a different profession. 00:01:49.300 --> 00:01:51.433 line:20% I didn't know how to do lesson plans and things like that. 00:01:51.533 --> 00:01:55.067 line:20% They helped me learn how to put lesson plans together. 00:01:55.100 --> 00:01:59.500 If I had questions or was worried about something, I could email them or go see them. 00:01:59.667 --> 00:02:02.733 They had instructional resources that I could use since 00:02:02.733 --> 00:02:05.800 I didn't have a history of lesson plans in teaching 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:08.133 methodology that I had used in the past. 00:02:08.200 --> 00:02:11.733 They just shared with me and kind of gave me tips 00:02:11.733 --> 00:02:14.067 and pointers on how to do that. 00:02:14.600 --> 00:02:15.567 Choose Moore! 00:02:15.567 --> 00:02:18.767 line:20% I work with two other 3rd grade teachers that are brand 00:02:18.767 --> 00:02:21.100 line:20% new teachers and then another mentor. 00:02:21.167 --> 00:02:22.133 We work together. 00:02:22.167 --> 00:02:25.600 Just to answer any questions that our teacher inductees 00:02:25.633 --> 00:02:31.067 may have, we go get coffee with our inductees, we talk about life. 00:02:31.133 --> 00:02:35.867 We talk about the 1st year teaching, we talk about what their rooms look like, how things are working. 00:02:35.933 --> 00:02:37.933 We get to go into their rooms. 00:02:37.933 --> 00:02:41.933 They get to come into ours and it's just, it's a great way to start building your community here. 00:02:42.433 --> 00:02:44.167 Choose Moore! 00:02:44.167 --> 00:02:46.933 line:20% MTSS has been a great addition to the classroom also. 00:02:47.000 --> 00:02:50.167 line:20% It helps kind of give the students accountability. 00:02:50.267 --> 00:02:53.533 MTSS is the multi-tiered system of support, and 00:02:53.533 --> 00:02:56.800 it was put in place last year, and we are working with teachers. 00:02:57.500 --> 00:03:00.500 We go through coaching cycles, putting interventions 00:03:00.533 --> 00:03:03.033 in place for students who may be struggling. 00:03:03.100 --> 00:03:06.333 We also are working with each staff on creating 00:03:06.367 --> 00:03:11.400 common area, procedures and routines so that there's consistency throughout the school day. 00:03:12.067 --> 00:03:13.467 Choose Moore!