403-962 Year 1 New Teacher Center Mentoring Training (2025-2026)

About: Join us as we venture into Year 1 of the Research-Based and nationally known New Teacher Center Mentor Training. Participants will learn the mentoring process from building relationships to honoring critical conversations. The training is highly instructional including training to build relationships and trust, instructional tools and observation methods, and mentoring language and stances. These are all used to improve the practices of the new teacher and get better results for students! This training also meets the requirements for DPI mentor training.

Learn more about the New Teacher Mentor Project Here.

Schedule: You'll also attend one of the cohorts of your choice, which you will select during registration. All locations are at CESA 2 unless indicated otherwise:

Summer Cohort (in-person)

• June 16, 2025: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
• June 17, 2025: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
• August 11, 2025: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm (Location TBD)
• August 12, 2025: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm (Location TBD)

School Year Cohort (in-person)

• September 30, 2025: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
• October 30, 2025: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
• December 3, 2025: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
• January 29, 2026: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
• March 12, 2026: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

In addition, both cohorts will need to complete 5 additional forums online.

Price: If you are an individual registrant, please select "Pay Later" as your payment option to complete your registration. Billing will be handled by your district.

Final pricing is based on the number of attendees from a district:
$3300/participant: Districts with 1-10 participants
$1725/participant: Districts with 11-24 participants
$1550/participant: Districts with 25+ participants

Billing will be determined at the end of registration once everyone from your district has registered.

Content Questions: Beth Clarke (beth.clarke@cesa2.org)

Registration Questions: Kayla Noggle (kayla.noggle@cesa2.org)

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About the Presenters:

Beth Clarke is an innovative educator with over 25 years of experience who is an advocate to ignite the learning experience.  Her passion lies in learner-centered pedagogy while partnering with educators to leverage digital tools and resources. Currently, Beth’s role is the Senior Director of the Digital Leadership and Learning Center at CESA 2 where she has the opportunity to support educators across southern WI.  Also, Beth facilitates the integration of Universal Design for Learning to promote conditions for inclusive education, the New Teacher Mentor program to support educator induction and sustainability, as well as the ISTE Educator Certification program which builds modern educators world-wide.  Most importantly, equity is a priority in every facet of her work.

Valerie Schmitz, PhD is the Senior Director of Continuous Improvement for CESA 2. In this position, Valerie leads the regional work for educator development and district implementation of the Wisconsin Educator Effectiveness System, as well as data analysis and school improvement. Valerie has deep expertise in this work, serving as the Educator Effectiveness Coordinator at CESA 6 for the past four years. She has assisted districts with implementation of both Educator Effectiveness and the Effectiveness Project. She also has deep expertise in data analysis, systems analysis, and school improvement. Valerie has earned a Ph.D. in Education with a specialization in Instructional Design for Online Learning as well as an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership. She also holds a M.Ed. in Technology Education as well as an M.Ed. in Educational Leadership.

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