Welcome to the New Teacher Center

Empowering Educators Through Mentoring and Coaching

Our model is centered around teacher growth and development, student success, and creating optimal learning environments. SWWC has been partnering with the New Teacher Center since 2018. This partnership has provided us with the opportunity to enhance and expand upon the important work of mentorship, instructional coaching, and cohesive professional learning across schools. We offer:

offer evidence-based mentor and instructional coaching training
best practices in developing effective and sustainable induction programs
leadership support
Learning Walk process aligned to student and teacher growth
Related professional learning for all staff

Program Mission

To provide ongoing support to teachers, mentors/coaches & school leaders through collaborative partnerships with resources that disrupt achievement inequities and accelerate educator effectiveness, promote continuous improvement & reflective practice that maximize student engagement and achievement.

Updates

SWWC was recently named as a grantee of the Minnesota Statewide Teacher Mentoring Program grant. Our grant proposal was submitted in collaboration with the Minnesota River Valley Education District (MRVED), Southwest Minnesota State University (SMSU), the Minnesota Science Teachers Association (MnSTA) and Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF), along with other Minnesota Service Cooperatives.

The priorities and scope of the Statewide Teaching Mentoring Program Grant work will be for schools that have one or more of the following needs:

Schools that do not have a formal mentoring and induction program are interested in establishing one.
Schools in need of mentor support for Tier 1, 2 and/or new Special Education teachers.
Secondary schools in need of mentor support for new science teachers and have a science teacher who would be willing to mentor other science teachers.
Schools with teachers of color and/or indigenous background on staff willing to serve as mentors to schools in need of mentor support for new teachers of color and indigenous backgrounds.

If you are interested in mentor/coach training and/or support around developing a mentor and induction program, please contact Lisa Gregoire at lisa.gregoire@swwc.org or 507-530-2902.