Program Summary
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has contracted with Resources for Learning, LLC, (RFL) to launch the Career and Technical Education (CTE) New Teacher Mentoring Program. The CTE New Teacher Mentoring Program offers ongoing mentoring and induction-type professional development, including help with lesson planning, assessments, curricular materials, and classroom management, through year-long mentoring activities and just-in-time assistance for new CTE teachers.
Get Involved
The CTE New Teacher Mentoring Program offers a wide range of resources to guide beginning CTE teachers as they navigate their first years of teaching. In this section, you will find online communities that provide an opportunity to network with other new teachers and useful resources.
TxCTE Ramp Up Facebook Communities
The CTE New Teacher Mentoring Program has built a robust online presence with the goal of providing beginning CTE teachers with online resources and mentoring access. At the core of this endeavor are 19 CTE cluster-specific Facebook communities. Master teachers were recruited to monitor the communities and serve as online mentors to the beginning teachers. The Facebook communities provide an accessible forum where new teachers can safely pose questions and thoughts as they navigate their first years. To date, there are more than 1,100 members in the CTE Facebook communities. The specific cluster groups can be accessed at the following links:
- Teacher Network
- Information Technology
- Education & Training
- Manufacturing
- Agriculture, Food, & Natural Resources
- Business Management & Administration
- Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics
- Law, Public Safety, Corrections, & Security
- Architecture & Construction
- Hospitality & Tourism
- Career Development
- Finance
- Human Services
- Arts, A/V Technology, & Communications
- Marketing
- Transportation, Distribution, & Logistics
- Health Sciences
- Government & Public Administration
- Mentor Group
Foundational Learning Sessions
In order to provide concise, accessible, and informative content on important CTE topics, a series of Foundational Learning Session videos have been written, developed, produced, and disseminated by RFL. These nine short instructional videos cover information that is critical to the development of beginning CTE teachers.
The following link provides access to a binder that contains all nine of the Foundational Learning Sessions: https://txcte.org/binder/foundational-learning-sessions
2018 CTE Best Teaching Practices
This opportunity is no longer available. If you have any questions, please contact Debbie Wieland at debbie.wieland@tea.texas.gov