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Check back here for IMPORTANT information about NTLP Site locations and dates for NTLP Instructional Modules. Keep in mind that, if at all possible, candidates will be assigned to the site closest to where they reside according to the address listed on the NTLP application. This page will be updated as sites and dates become available.
The NTLP is a two-year program. Click
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NTLP Instructional Modules address the necessary knowledge and skills required of new teachers to be successful in the classroom. These Instructional Modules cover the four broad areas of learning (Standards, Assessments, Accountability, Professional Knowledge) that constitute the key components of the mentoring model used for all new teachers. These modules are offered during the summer and on monthly Saturdays over the course of two years.
Attendance at each and every NTL Instructional Module is MANDATORY. Attendance is strictly monitored and enforced. Each Instructional Module is essential and has an assignment and assessment associated with it. All assignments and assessments must be successfully completed and all Modules must receive a passing grade.
Attendance at NTL modules takes precedence over a school district’s professional development activities or school functions associated with the teaching position. Failure to adhere to the NTL Attendance Policy may result in administrative withdrawal from the program.
Instructional Modules include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Training in the Pathwise Model
- Classroom management
- Positive classroom discipline strategies, handling misbehavior
- How to develop and meet goals and objectives for P-12 student learning
- Lesson planning/curriculum mapping/developing thematic units of learning
- Choosing materials, methods, and activities appropriate to students and aligned with learning goals
- Creating evaluations appropriate for students aligned with goals
- Making standards work: assessment and rubric development
- Curriculum alignment
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- Legal responsibilities and issues
- Student record keeping and reporting
- Diverse learning needs of P-12 students
- How to teach reading and writing strategies in the content area
- Cooperative Learning, peer coaching, team learning
- Student motivation, communicating learning expectations to all students
- Arkansas Content Standards and Benchmarks for P-12 students
- Arkansas current practices and issues i.e. Smart Start, Smart Step, Next Step
- Data-driven decision making about classroom instruction
- Technology integration in instruction
- Thinking skills strategies
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Each NTLP teacher is assigned a site-based, Pathwise certified mentor to provide support and guidance during the program. Mentors are identified by the employing school district as master level teachers who have chosen to serve in an advisory capacity. NTLP teachers and mentors collaborate on a weekly basis. NTLP teachers are mentored for two years. |
