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.
New to Gizmos? Here's the best way to start strong This workshop, delivered either onsite or via webinar, is designed to prepare teachers to use Gizmos immediately in their classrooms. The course introduces the major features and functions of the ExploreLearning website and shows teachers how Gizmos can look in their classrooms. In the workshop, an experienced ExploreLearning instructor models a lesson with Gizmos so that participants can identify and deconstruct best teaching practices. Teachers use this information to begin planning exemplary lessons with Gizmos for their students.
