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Online Continuing Education Graduate Coursework

The Reflective Teacher
(1 UST Cont. Ed. Credit)
Teaching From Who You Are
(3 UST Cont. Ed. Credits)
Coaching For Teachers
(3 UST Cont. Ed. Credits)

Professional Learning Board Coursework

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cover of The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and

The Schools Our Children Deserve: Moving Beyond Traditional Classrooms and "Tougher Standards"

Why a network?

How did No Child Left Behind work its way through Congress without the slightest criticism or complaint from America's educators?

Why are public school teachers, who by and large make substantial sacrifices on behalf of children, vilified and slandered in the mainstream media without a counter-narrative rising up to challenge it?

Why are teachers told how to do their jobs by rank amateurs and then judged by instruments that have low validity, scant reliablility and no transparency, and which were created, once again, by people who have never been in front of a classroom?

How is it that new teachers, who leave the profession at high rates after just a few years, are left to struggle alone in their classrooms while they are surrounded by accomplished, experienced educators on all sides?

Sure. We have teacher's unions. And even in most cases, professional associations.

But, and this is the key point: go back to the above set of questions.

Which of those have been sincerely and effectively addressed by either unions or teacher professional associations?

Answer: Not one.

A network provides two very crucial advantages:

One, it provides the kind of rich connections, ideas, possibilities, feedback and options that allow a person to reach their fullest potential.

Two, it provides the kind of depth, perspective, creativity and insight that allows the whole group to advance its interests and vision.

In other words, networks greatly accelerate the growth of individuals, at the same time they advance the cause of the entire group or organization.

That's why networks--linked together through the internet--are the 21st century equivalent of America's 19th century civic organizations.

Whether in business, politics, social circles or organizations of any kind, people and coherent groups who network succeed. Those that are unable to gain support and connection, inevitably, end up falling short of their full potential.

That's why NTN is out to create a coherent network for teachers. It leads to individual excellence and group success, two things sorely needed in today's education environment.Join us today. Bring a friend. A colleague. Or your whole department or school. Together we make each other better.

Alone we will continue to work in isolation, taking hits from all sides and unable to see the beauty and greatness in the work that we so cherish.

New Teacher Network Mission

Growing and empowering new teachers through connectivity, collaboration and coursework for the benefit of students, their community and American democracy.