New-Teacher Induction Design
Clarify the experience, routines, resources, and leader moves that support teachers from hiring through year one.
Give new teachers a stronger start.
Build an induction and professional learning experience that helps new teachers make good decisions, feel supported, and keep growing.
What the work can strengthen.
Clarity
Clear expectations and routines so new teachers waste less energy figuring out the system alone.
Belonging
Early relationships and mentor support that help new teachers feel seen and supported.
Instruction
Practical strategies and feedback that improve planning, teaching, and student learning.
Sustainability
Systems and habits that reduce avoidable overload and support teacher retention.
Built around your context.
Start with the teachers, systems, and constraints already in front of you. Then design the smallest useful next step.
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Listen and map
Listen to teachers and leaders, review what exists, and map strengths, gaps, and constraints.
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Design the support
Co-design a plan that fits your context, priorities, and the capacity you have.
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Facilitate and refine
Facilitate the learning, support implementation, and refine based on what you are learning.
Use the book as a shared language.
The 50 Tips book, available in English and Spanish, and the discussion guide give new teachers and mentors a common language, practical tools, and a structure for ongoing conversations and reflection.
Open the Free Study GuideBook orders for organizations
Bulk pricing and purchase orders.
SchoolRubric can help schools, districts, universities, and libraries order multiple copies of the English or Spanish edition. Contact the publisher directly for institutional pricing and purchase-order support.
Contact the team.
Every consulting inquiry begins with Matt, who will help match the scope to the right combination of expertise.
Dr. Matt Rhoads
Science of learning, instructional coaching, and implementation
Consulting profileDr. Samantha Fecich
New-teacher development, teacher preparation, and educational technology
Professional websiteDr. Casey Thomas Jakubowski
Mentoring, leadership, rural education, and organizational improvement
Professional websiteDr. Kevin Leichtman
Teacher wellbeing, burnout prevention, and academic mindset
Professional profile