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.

Crush It from the Start: 50 Tips for New Teachers book

Ways we can work together.

01

New-Teacher Induction Design

Clarify the experience, routines, resources, and leader moves that support teachers from hiring through year one.

02

Coaching Cycles for New Teachers and Mentors

Turn everyday classroom challenges into focused goals, practical action, reflection, and follow-through through individual or small-group coaching.

03

Cohort and Book-Study Facilitation

Turn the 50 Tips book and discussion guide into a practical learning sequence for new teachers and mentors.

04

Mentor and Instructional Leader Development

Help mentors and leaders give useful feedback, structure support, and respond to the problems new teachers face.

05

Workshops and Professional Learning

Build focused sessions around classroom routines, planning, relationships, wellbeing, assessment, and retention.

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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.

  1. 01

    Listen and map

    Listen to teachers and leaders, review what exists, and map strengths, gaps, and constraints.

  2. 02

    Design the support

    Co-design a plan that fits your context, priorities, and the capacity you have.

  3. 03

    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.

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Book 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.

Email books@schoolrubric.orgView editions and ISBNs

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 profile

Dr. Samantha Fecich

New-teacher development, teacher preparation, and educational technology

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Dr. Casey Thomas Jakubowski

Mentoring, leadership, rural education, and organizational improvement

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Tell Matt what your school needs.

Share a few details about your context. Your inquiry will go directly to Matt, who will help identify the most useful next step.

We’ll use these details only to respond to your inquiry.

Let’s build a new-teacher experience people can use.

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