Welcome HISD New Teachers! Welcome to HISD New Teacher Academy (NTA) 2021 where your educator success begins. There are several resources available to guide you through the week’s experience. First, let’s start with the NTA Conference Guide. You can access it through the New Teacher landing page at www.houstonisd.org/NewTeacherSummer. The NTA Conference Guide is your roadmap to navigate the week including the NTA Days at a Glance, quick access to the Sched conference app, important information regarding attendance, course credit and stipend payment, as well as, specific instructions for special audiences.
To ensure everyone can participate in New Teacher Academy, with or without their network credentials, we use the conference app, Sched. Sched is how you will access almost all of your sessions. Be sure to download the "Accessing Sessions in Sched" directions available on the New Teacher Summer website. You must first log in to Sched to see and click the "Video Stream" yellow button which takes you to your session. Or, you can copy and paste the URL into your browser.
Take a minute right now and follow us @HISD_NewTeach. we encourage you to tweet about your New Teacher Academy experience using the hashtag #HISD_NTA21. The five posts with the most retweets with #HISD_NTA21 and @HISD_NewTeach will win a great prize package, put together by the Teacher Career Development Team. To stay abreast of all the exciting happenings across the district, follow the MINT Teacher Leaders on Twitter @HISD_MINT and @TeamHISD. There are daily posts to keep you connected and inspired.
Participants will engage in specific strategies that will help establish high academic expectations by allowing students time to think before answering a specific question. Participation will also learn strategic methods calling on students regardless of whether they have raised their hands. establishing systems to help students stay focus on the teacher. Session participants will have the opportunity to reflect and apply their learning to support student outcomes.
