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BEST: Building Educator Support Teams
The BEST Program differentiates professional development for teachers throughout their life cycle of teaching and builds on the capacity of leadership within the educational system. The program is job-embedded and systemic, and provides a seamless continuum of professional development from induction through leadership. In every component, an emphasis is placed on teacher quality and student achievement.
| INDUCTION | ONGOING | TEACHER & ADMINISTRATOR LEADERSHIP | ||||
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| BEST Induction for Beginning Teachers (for 1st year teachers) | BEST Induction and BEST Standards in Teaching (for 2nd year teachers) | BEST Standards in Teaching (for teachers at any level of development) | BEST Enrichment Seminars (for teachers at any level of development) | BEST Mentoring (for mentors of beginning and 2nd year teachers) | BEST Teacher Leadership and Instructional Visitation Coaching (for teacher leaders implementing full teacher support programs) | BEST Administrator Support (for administrators at the district or school level)
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| Series of beginning teacher professional development seminars One-to-one mentoring Individualized standards-based instructional visitation coaching | Series of standards in teaching professional development seminars One-to-one mentoring Individualized standards-based instructional visitation coaching | Series of standards in teaching professional development seminars Portfolio development Reflection process | Stand-alone needs-based professional development seminars and workshops Reinforcement and refinement of knowledge and skills | Series of mentoring professional development seminars One-to-one mentoring of beginning teacher or 2nd year teacher | Series of professional development seminars for program implementation, seminar facilitation, mentoring, and coaching One-to-one individualized standards-based coaching of teachers at any level of development | Series of shared leadership professional development seminars Stand-alone needs-based sessions for developing systematic support model Engages in shared leadership teams with teacher leaders |
| Applied learning related to teacher quality and student achievement | Applied learning related to teacher quality and student achievement | Applied learning related to teacher quality and student achievement | ||||
| Comprehensive Teacher Induction, Mentoring, and Professional Development Program | ||||||
Learn more about BEST components
Contact
Dr. Sharon A Kortman
Director, BEST
541 E Van Buren St, Suite B1
Phoenix, AZ 85004
(602) 496-0109
best@asu.edu