Project PROMISE: Overview of Services
The table on this page presents an overview of services provided
by Project PROMISE. Services are categorized as pre-induction and
induction services. See the pages on pre-induction
services and induction services
for more details.
| Pre-Induction Services: For those not Hired as a Teacher of Record |
| Field Experience with Mentor |
- 90-hour field experience mentored by a high performing teacher in a
high-need school.
|
| Professional Development delivered through the TLC |
- Effective teaching strategies in the content area
- Behavior and classroom management
- Subject Area Exam and General Knowledge Test preparation
|
| Career Placement Strategies and Alternative Certification Advising |
- Résumé Writing
- Understanding the interview process and interviewing techniques
|
| Induction Services: For those Hired as a Teacher of Record |
| Mentoring |
- District’s New Educator Support System (NESS) on-site mentor
- TLC online mentor database for additional assistance and resources
- Learning Communities through cohort participation
|
| Professional Development Offerings through the District and TLC |
- Teaching in the critical content area
- Classroom management seminars monthly through varied delivery methods
- District’s New Teacher Academy (NTA)
|
| Certification Options through FAU with graduate courses in reading offered through NSU |
- Fifteen semester hours of non-traditional course-by-course undergraduate and
graduate college credit through FAU in the following professional education areas:
- Classroom management including safe learning environments
- Human development and learning
- Educational assessment to include the content measured by state achievement tests and the interpretation of data to improve student achievement
- Effective instructional strategies including the needs of diverse learners
- Curriculum and special methods of teaching in the content area
- Foundations of research-based practices in teaching reading
- Graduate level courses offered by NSU in researched based practices in teaching reading through the District’s Virtual University
|
| Delivery of Services |
- Face-to-face, online, blended/Saturdays and/or weekday evenings through Florida Atlantic University’s Fast Track
- NSU online through District’s Broward Virtual University
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| TLC Advisement Services |
- Zone visits with District Certification Department to advise teachers of certification requirements
- Orientation meetings for new teachers needing alternative certification
- Individualized and personal certification advising by trained TLC staff
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