Carson Baer lives in British Columbia and approaches his talk about new teachers as an ordained church leader and as a board member. He cares deeply about school and the tremendous significance of teachers.

Carson offers inspiration and direction for school leaders in the sometime overwhelming work of staffing a school. There are many good teachers who have never taught because no one has done the hard work of finding, developing, and evaluating them. There are many potential teachers who have taught one or maybe two difficult years without solid support and concluded that teaching is not for them. This doesn’t have to be the case at your school.

This talk is addressed to school boards but comes packed with excellent questions for school leaders in any capacity.

What is school all about anyway and why do teachers matter so much?
What does it take to get ahead of teacher turnover?
What are the stages of the hiring process and what is involved in each one?
- Finding
- Onboarding
- Developing/Evaluating
And more.

This was presented as an interactive session and this recording includes some of that interaction where the audio was intelligible.

As Carson has recognized, the task of finding and developing a new teacher can be daunting. It’s particularly discouraging if you have to repeat the process every year or two for every role. Faith Builders has been working for years to help provide training for teachers to better equip them and encourage them to stay in the classroom long-term. We are working on a new program to provide on-the-job training for newer teachers as another means of supporting school leaders in developing new teachers. This is scheduled to begin the summer of 2027. Email fbrg@fbep.org for more information.

Links

This talk was first published on The Dock as “The New Teacher: Finding, Developing, Evaluating” https://www.thedockforlearning.org/content/the-new-teacher-finding-developing-evaluating
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