Hillsborough's New Teacher Orientation: Back-To-School Countdown (Day 7)

The Brandon Patch Back-To-School Countdown proceeds with this Day 7 report on news you can use as you get ready for the opening bell of the first day of classes.

Teachers in the Hillsborough County School District go back to school August 15 to prepare for the first day of school for students, August 23.

________________

Superintendent of Schools MaryEllen Elia is scheduled to address new teachers July 27.

The greeting at Freedom High School in New Tampa highlights the third day of a four-day induction and orientation for some 600 instructors new to the Hillsborough County School District this upcoming school year.

Along with the superintendent, School Board members, too, will make their welcome known.

Group sessions over the four-day period will include training in:

• Classroom management,
• Instructional strategies,
• Exceptional Student Education (ESE),
• Ethics, and
• Focusing on the needs of diverse learners.

The district has received a grant to instituted the Empowering Effective Teachers initiative. Under this program, new teachers are assigned a district-based mentor to work with throughout the year. The new teacher will meet with their mentors over the course of the orientation.

Optional training sessions will be available to the teachers in the fall.

_____________

ABOUT THE BACK-TO-SCHOOL COUNTDOWN:

This is the sixth posting in a 41-day effort that counts down the days before the opening bell of the 2011-12 school year for the Hillsborough County School District.

Previously posted:

• Back-To-School Countdown (Day 1) — FANG Fesitval