Full Transcript for GAEL UnscriptED S3:E2 | PAGE Builds A Yearlong Network That Helps New Teachers Stay

--> 00:02:17.439 And um, Craig, before we get started, I uh these things are just popping up in my memory. 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:22.319 Um when I was a young teacher, I received the Page Scholarship. 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:26.560 Uh that just popped into my mind like in the in the late 90s. 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:39.120 Um, and then when I was at Pelham High School, I had the opportunity to do some great professional learning with Page, with the uh I think the first thing was called the uh Page High School Redesign Initiative. 00:02:40.080 --> 00:02:44.879 Um and then I'm trying to remember what the other one was called, but we'd bring our leadership teams with us. 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:47.280 I think it was a two-year cohort. 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:53.439 But anyway, um Page always does a fantastic job when it comes to professional learning. 00:02:53.599 --> 00:03:09.680 Um, and what I really loved about um all of the Page PL, besides the quality uh in the in the meeting of colleagues across the state, was Page always had a fantastic price for the professional learning. 00:03:10.000 --> 00:03:14.479 Why don't you talk about that before we move too far into the new teacher academy? 00:03:14.800 --> 00:03:17.120 Well, it's it's a price that's hard to refuse. 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:32.319 So it's uh it's free to our members, and that includes taking care of a substitute teacher if you need one to cover your classroom while you're participating in our activities, uh travel stipends, accommodations if necessary, and we continue to do that to this day. 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:44.479 Um, I don't know that in our history if we have ever charged uh for any of the professional learning that we sponsor, and so it's always been a privilege because of the strength of our association that we've been able to provide that to our members. 00:03:44.639 --> 00:04:06.400 And and you mentioning some of the other things that you've you've done with us with scholarships, it's it's it's an opportunity to remind people that page is a whole lot more than what what most people think of with an association, which is the legal support that we provide, which is of course an incredibly uh meaningful uh benefit and something that that teachers should uh should have. 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:10.879 But we also do grants, we do scholarships, we do a lot of the professional learning. 00:04:10.960 --> 00:04:33.920 Um, and this opportunity that we have that my explanation and I are going to talk about is really the the the rebirth of something that happened back in that era when you might have been going through Principal's Academy or high school redesign, and it's something that we really felt like we needed to bring back to support our new teachers in Georgia so that they will continue in the profession for for an entire career, as you did and as I'm sure Michael hopes to do as well. 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:34.800 Yeah, perfect. 00:04:34.959 --> 00:04:36.240 Well, let's jump right

into it. 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:39.839 Tell us what the Page New Teacher Academy is. 00:04:40.800 --> 00:04:43.839 Michael does such a great job with this, and he's our facilitator. 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:48.720 So uh I'm sure I'm sure your your uh listeners would love to hear from Michael. 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:51.759 Yeah, we are really excited about this new teacher academy. 00:04:51.839 --> 00:05:06.160 And um, if you're interested in like the TLDR version of what this program is about, the too long didn't read version, we're trying to find those young superstar teachers and give them the tools they need to have a fantastic career as teacher leaders. 00:05:06.480 --> 00:05:09.839 So this isn't for your first year, I'm just into the classroom teacher. 00:05:09.920 --> 00:05:28.639 This is for someone that's completed their first, second, or third year of teaching that's looking to um fill in some of the gaps, find the mentorship, find the network from other uh young teachers or early career teachers around the state, and um propel themselves into a future of changing lives for students and for themselves as professionals. 00:05:28.959 --> 00:05:39.920 Uh like we think about Page as a great organization that protects its teachers and um supports them as professionals, but it's also about progressing our teachers too. 00:05:40.319 --> 00:06:00.720 So with this particular program, we'll have four in-person sessions that are going to be very interactive, meeting our our teachers where they are, talking about things as fundamental as how do we reflect on the foundational things we do in our classrooms and strengthen them so that our students have no questions about the educational experience they're getting. 00:06:00.959 --> 00:06:09.600 We'll have a chance to learn about how do I advocate for my students and my community as teacher leaders and those ambassadors for student learning. 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:14.639 How do we figure out how this career can continue to grow and blossom as teachers? 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:19.759 And how do I make sure that my pedagogic strategies are at the highest level possible? 00:06:19.920 --> 00:06:22.399 And we're gonna have lots of different times and places where we do this. 00:06:22.560 --> 00:06:32.560 One thing that we're really excited about is bringing these teachers to uh the Ron Clark Academy to have a private tour experience of what they do at the Ron Clark Academy. 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:36.000 And for listeners that have been, you know about the magic of that place. 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:39.759 And those of you that have not been, you've heard about the magic of that place. 00:06:39.839 --> 00:07:01.360 Uh but the fact that we're gonna have a more intimate experience at the Ron Clark Academy with Ron and his staff to learn about what they do and more importantly, how they deliver instruction, assess instruction and learning, and build students throughout their programming is something that our our teachers in the new teacher academy will have bounds of growth from. 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:04.240 So it's not just about getting together and talking about. 00:07:04.639 --> 00:07:05.920 So that's a big part of it. 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:14.639 Um it's about getting to hear from master educators, not only from our state, but also from around the country that are going to come in and support these uh new teachers. 00:07:14.800 --> 00:07:21.839 Um a couple other things that will be interesting is we'll have those four in-person sessions that we talked about, all paper-by-page, by the way. 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:24.079 So that price tag is still$3.99. 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:31.759 Um, but we'll also have teachers of the year from not just Georgia, but from other states that will be coming in to support these teachers. 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:40.079 And we'll have um monthly check-ins with uh mentors from all across our state that are there on call because we've all been there, right? 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:47.279 In those early years of our career where it's like, I need someone to ask, and I don't want to ask my teammates here in my building. 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:52.160 Maybe it's because I'm a little bit nervous about it, or um, you're looking for a different perspective. 00:07:52.319 --> 00:07:54.959 Well, we're we're gonna provide that type of support too. 00:07:55.199 --> 00:08:09.040 So um again, TLDR is four in-person sessions, engagement from master educators, on-call access, and a network that you can carry for the next 30 years of your career. 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:10.720 Craig, was that okay? 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:11.439 That's right. 00:08:11.519 --> 00:08:17.120 And you can see why I wanted Michael to talk about that because he brings the enthusiasm and and the background. 00:08:17.279 --> 00:08:31.600 So having been teacher of the year at the state level and then participating at the national level and meeting people from all over the country, he's been exposed to so much great uh uh professional learning and support. 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:42.080 And and here's how folks are doing in other in other states, and Georgia's got an extremely strong program as we know based on the last few years of our representation at the national level. 00:08:42.240 --> 00:09:13.679 And we've got access through our great relationship with our Teacher of the Year program to bring in people like Michael, like Rachel Kinsall, or others that have been uh representing our state, and we think it's gonna make a big impression and a lot of positive difference for those teachers that are brand new in the career that can say, you know, six years, ten years, twelve, where whenever it may be, I can be in that place as well because I'm gonna do a great job in the classroom serving my kids and my community. 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:17.600 Um, so we're excited about Michael, Michael leading this program. 00:09:17.919 --> 00:09:33.039 And the reason this came about is

because since I've been at Page, I kept hearing about uh a teacher academy that Paige offered back in the in the early 2006, 2007 era, and it ran for a number of years. 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:47.039 And we ended up uh developing a lot of just great teacher leaders through that program then, including some people that served on our board um or on our legislative committee or have continued to be involved in it with us. 00:09:47.120 --> 00:09:57.200 And one of those people is Nick Zomer, who's an assistant principal in a metro district right now, was in the very first teacher academy and has has a great story about how that came about. 00:09:57.279 --> 00:09:59.039 So he's going to be supporting this work as well. 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:03.919 He ended up being on our board, it was our president and now uh serves as a foundation trustee. 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:12.559 And so having that perspective from somebody that was that went through this then and has been advising us on what made a difference in him and what kept him in the profession. 00:10:12.960 --> 00:10:19.120 Um what encouraged him is helping us with the design of this program and what we're gonna do. 00:10:19.279 --> 00:10:46.320 So we also know that that new teachers are now probably more than ever are facing so many uh stressors in the classroom and and the level of burnout that happens, and and the world is just different than it was in 2007 uh because of social media, because of uh the pandemic that we went through and so many other different pressures about curriculum and just the mental health and well-being of students and and teachers themselves. 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:56.639 So we thought this would just be a great opportunity to bring something back that was highly successful before before, but update it for where our new teachers are right now, and then having this partnership. 00:10:56.879 --> 00:11:01.759 We got to know Michael during his term as Teacher of the Year and the presentations to those future Georgia educators. 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:11.120 We know he connects extremely uh well and engages uh younger teachers really well, and he just seemed like the perfect fit for this. 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:16.960 And so when I approached him about it, he he agreed and thought it would be a really nice opportunity. 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:39.840 And his background, having been not just teacher of the year, but working with the DOE, doing some things with the policy fellowship, he's been in front of the legislature, he's been in front of so many different uh aspects of educational uh leadership in our state and and what he's been exposed to nationally, that we just know he's gonna bring that voice to these new uh these newer teachers, and it's just gonna be a huge encouragement to them. 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:41.360 Yeah, he's a great choice. 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:43.919 I know he's gonna do something fantastic, and I think you're right. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:54.799 I think that uh younger generation is going to be very, very attracted to Michael and his energy, and his uh he's just got a very contagious professionalism about him. 00:11:55.200 --> 00:12:05.279 The times I hear him speak, even on this podcast, he just exudes confidence and passion, and I think he represents everything that's great with public teachers across our state. 00:12:05.519 --> 00:12:06.559 Uh talk to us a little bit. 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:09.120 Michael mentioned it's gonna be four hour sessions. 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:11.440 Um is it a year-long cohort? 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.879 When does that start? 00:12:13.039 --> 00:12:14.639 Is it every other month? 00:12:14.799 --> 00:12:17.440 Um, where where are the sessions going to be located? 00:12:17.600 --> 00:12:19.919 Give us give us some little highlights on that. 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:22.080 Uh yeah, great questions there. 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:25.679 And first let me say thank you for all of the roses you just presented me, both of you. 00:12:25.840 --> 00:12:26.320 Very kind. 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:28.480 I'm blushing a little bit, but we'll move on. 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:34.080 Um, yeah, so this is a year-long experience essentially for our our um new teachers. 00:12:34.320 --> 00:12:36.399 I want to make sure we reiterate a couple of points here. 00:12:36.559 --> 00:12:45.120 It's new to the profession, so I can be a second career for five-year-old person that worked in the bank and I've got it's not just about being um fresh out of a traditional program. 00:12:45.279 --> 00:12:46.720 We're inviting all of these teachers. 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:52.080 And I also want to make one other point of this is not just for, this is not for first year in the classroom. 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:54.240 This is after I've completed one, two, or three. 00:12:54.320 --> 00:13:00.320 And a big reason for that is we all know that districts give uh a lot of support for that first year. 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.120 And they say, have a great 29 years. 00:13:03.679 --> 00:13:09.679 And the George Department of Education is doing a great job of encouraging districts to level up that and extend that support. 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:17.840 Uh but we're if you're an education leader and you're in the school system and you're thinking, man, white blank and blank were fantastic in their first year. 00:13:18.000 --> 00:13:22.559 Uh how do we make sure they are ready to sprint for the rest of this marathon? 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:24.000 This is a great way to do that. 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:26.320 So uh back to your original question though. 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.919 Uh yeah, we'll have four or four sessions. 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:38.000 The first one will be at the end of September, we'll just do another one later in that semester, or we'll do one in the beginning of 2027, and then we'll close out before testing starts in the spring. 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:43.279 So we've got four days, and we try to

be super thoughtful about the pacing of the school year. 00:13:43.440 --> 00:13:54.240 Um yes, there will be a couple of days where you'll you'll have instruction, but we try to make sure it wasn't in a testing window, it wasn't during those blackout dates for superintendents and principals to have to consider. 00:13:54.639 --> 00:14:10.720 Um, and at the conclusion of the time in this cohort, uh, while you'll move your tassel over and move on to the next thing, uh, the goal for this to make sure that all of our people are continuously plugged into the professional learning opportunities that page has to offer. 00:14:10.960 --> 00:14:15.840 So you might be completing your new teacher academy and rolling straight into whatever comes next for you. 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:17.360 And that's part of the programming, right? 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:21.120 Like we all know it's like we're an institution that's built around the learning. 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:24.399 And the good thing about it is kids aren't the only ones that get to do it. 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:25.440 We all do. 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:29.919 So while it's a year long on paper, it's a lifetime in reality. 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:30.879 Craig? 00:14:31.279 --> 00:14:43.759 Yeah, the cool thing about this is we're designing it so that uh we're gonna have an evening event on the first day we, you know, each first day we come together, hopefully enough time for anybody wherever they may be coming from can get to Atlanta. 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:46.399 And we'll have a dinner uh event. 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:56.399 Um kind of relaxed, informal dinner, but we'll have uh some form of a keynote or a presenter who's gonna talk to them about things that will impact them or just be inspirational or encouraging. 00:14:56.480 --> 00:15:00.159 Um so it really kind of sets the tone for what's gonna happen the next day. 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:16.480 Then the next day they'll we'll do a lot of interactive and engaging work around whatever the topic is for that session, and it will also involve uh folks like Michael or others that will be coming in to to uh support that that learning for the day. 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:31.840 And so we we really want them to have um a real depth of learning about things that are going to make their careers uh better and develop their leadership, but also just to network with other people and get to know people from around the state. 00:15:32.080 --> 00:15:46.720 I know when I in my educational career, the more opportunities I had to go to meetings at the state level and interact with people in jobs like mine, um, the more I was able to do uh in my own role in my district. 00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:52.879 And I had people I could call on whenever I ran into uh a challenge or something I just hadn't faced before. 00:15:53.039 --> 00:16:06.480 So we really want this this community of learners to be a support network for each other, and then that other layer of mentors of people in

that and know how to how to uh walk you through it. 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:08.879 Um and so we think it's just gonna be a huge benefit. 00:16:09.039 --> 00:16:18.799 So Nick Zomer, I mentioned earlier, one of the things that he has said that has gone continued through his career, what he remembers the most, it wasn't the the individual learning sessions that they went through. 00:16:18.960 --> 00:16:33.279 It was the sitting around in a hotel lobby or at a venue or something after they had done the learning and just talking with each other and supporting one another and those casual conversations that have really deep meaning to you later when you're back in your classroom. 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:41.120 And you know, you need that moment of inspiration, a moment of encouragement, or you know, other people have been through this and they're continuing to thrive. 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:50.799 Um, all those things we think are gonna make a just a tremendous profound impact on our participants that we hope to support, as Michael has said a couple times, you know, through year 30. 00:16:50.879 --> 00:17:01.279 So this is just a start, and we're excited that we're gonna be able to um kind of kind of boost that early career experience so that they've got the energy and enthusiasm to continue. 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.399 It's great. 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:04.079 I think it's uh very important. 00:17:04.319 --> 00:17:07.039 Michael spoke about it a little bit. 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:11.279 We're in education, it's we're supposed to be about learning. 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:23.920 And uh a lot of times we we do just focus on the student learning and we forget sometimes how important the professional learning is for our uh teachers and our staff and our administrators too. 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:29.440 But um, you know, the private sector figured this out years ago. 00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:39.519 And uh I think uh the behoove all of us in public education to to be very intentional about making sure we're giving our teachers these kind of opportunities. 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:56.960 I know we're we're thinking about the the four days they're gonna be out of the building, but they're gonna have so much poured into them and the connections that you talk about and the knowledge that's gonna come back and it's going to they're gonna be able to replace so exponentially for years to come. 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:59.200 So talk to us a little bit. 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:02.000 Um, is this year's cohort already full? 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:10.720 Um if I'm listening to this right now and I've I'm a principal and I've got a I think I've got a teacher that sounds just like what Michael described. 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.480 Is it too late for this year? 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:15.599 Do I need to be thinking about them for next year? 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:18.000 Talk to us about the cohort a little bit. 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:21.200 Is it um is the application still

open or is it closed? 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:22.880 Probably gonna be a little bit of both. 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:26.960 So we're we're in the application phase right now and it's not full. 00:18:27.039 --> 00:18:31.839 Um, we've got another week or so, and we may end up extending that a little bit. 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:33.279 And we knew it would be tough. 00:18:33.440 --> 00:18:38.640 Um we got till September 28th, and you know, we don't have to have those members selected. 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:42.000 Um, they need to be selected early enough to know that they're coming. 00:18:42.160 --> 00:18:47.759 Um, but we want to do a thoughtful process of bringing in this first cohort. 00:18:47.920 --> 00:18:57.599 And the difficulty is, you know, they've got to get principal's approval that you know, the school year just started, and right now they're just trying to get their class rosters and schedules and and everything, you know, leveled out. 00:18:57.680 --> 00:19:13.920 So we knew it was gonna be a little bit of a uh a heavy um task for people to get this done because they've got to go through a it's a brief, not too in-depth, but a brief application um process, plus get that approval that they're gonna be able to come for the four days. 00:19:14.079 --> 00:19:18.319 They've got to look at their own schedules and what's going on in their life and other activities. 00:19:18.559 --> 00:19:25.200 So um we're not where we would like to be at the moment for uh registration, but we think we'll get there uh soon. 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:38.160 So this is depending on when this comes out, there they might still want to uh check that out and they go to pageink.org on our website and find the new teacher academy link, and we'll send that link to you so you can upload it with this with this episode. 00:19:38.319 --> 00:19:44.559 But this is as much as anything to get some enthusiasm for this possibility and maybe thinking about next year. 00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:52.000 You know, somebody that maybe they just hired this year that's getting started, and they can watch them this year and say, you know what, I need to get them in the new teacher academy next year. 00:19:52.160 --> 00:20:00.240 Um, so we're we're we know that we'll be able to um recruit some great teachers to to come in and and fill out this first group. 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:10.640 But I think the word of mouth, once we once we get into the uh academy and people start talking about it uh in their district, that we'll we're you know, we'll be in a stronger position next year. 00:20:11.039 --> 00:20:11.440 Perfect. 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:15.519 Talk to us a little bit about who who's leading this. 00:20:15.599 --> 00:20:18.000 We know Michael's heavily involved. 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:21.279 Uh there are other people that'll be working side by side with him. 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:24.880 You talked about you're bringing in some speakers and things like that. 00:20:24.960 --> 00:20:33.599 But just talk about maybe the the leadership of who all will be um talking or some things they'll hear and what will these new teachers learn? 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:44.720 What are y'all hoping that when the new teacher academy is over, what are some things that you're confident of or hoping that they'll learn and get out of this to take back to their home districts? 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:58.079 Yeah, we've already got on the agenda some really high quality um keynote speakers that'll be coming in, again, not just from around our state, but from around the country to kind of set the table for what the next day will look like. 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:00.480 So we've got some high-level talent coming in. 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:13.839 I'm gonna kind of keep some of those names embargoed for now, but we're really excited about um some folks that people in Georgia maybe don't always get to hear from, just because we have some ranging connections and some cool theming that we're gonna pull on for for that. 00:21:13.920 --> 00:21:22.480 But some other things that we're gonna be like more uh constantly engaging with is this idea of um homeroom mentors. 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:34.480 So as we get these new teachers to come in, we're also gonna bring on some of our teacher of the years and top 10 teacher of the year finalists to come and be um mentors for groups of eight to 10 new teachers. 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:38.000 And that's that's gonna kind of be based around what is my background? 00:21:38.079 --> 00:21:39.519 What was my pathway to profession? 00:21:39.599 --> 00:21:40.240 What do I teach? 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.200 Where do I teach? 00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:44.400 What kind of students do I have the opportunity to serve every day? 00:21:44.640 --> 00:21:56.400 And we've got um a lot of people that are really, really interested in being mentors that um like my my Facebook messenger is blowing up, my email is blowing up, my Instagram DMs are blowing up of hey, I heard you're doing this. 00:21:56.480 --> 00:21:57.440 How do I get involved? 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:02.799 So we have a plethora of people that are just Waiting to serve and pour in. 00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:08.640 And we're going to build that team based off of who applies and who gets accepted, to be honest with you. 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:12.720 This is the unique thing about this is we're not selling a book. 00:22:12.880 --> 00:22:14.319 We're not selling a curriculum. 00:22:14.480 --> 00:22:16.640 We're not selling any of that. 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:22.000 We're trying to make sure that we meet the teachers where they are and get them where they hope to be. 00:22:22.160 --> 00:22:24.079 So, like, are there things that are curricular? 00:22:24.240 --> 00:22:24.720 Absolutely. 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:26.880 It's very thoughtful in that way. 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:29.839 The first session is about the foundations as educators. 00:22:30.079 --> 00:22:33.200 What are we bringing on the first

day, first week, first month of school? 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:36.720 How do I reflect on the things I've got in place and strengthen it for next time? 00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:42.880 How do I set up great parent communication so that I don't have any questions when progress reports and report cards come on? 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:44.480 Like that's section one. 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:46.559 Section two is about instruction and impact. 00:22:46.640 --> 00:22:52.880 We're going to go and talk about how do I make my classroom instructionally effective every day. 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:57.200 And we're going to watch people at the Ron Clark Academy do it in real time, maybe. 00:22:57.599 --> 00:23:06.640 The third session is going to be talking about advocacy and influence, not in a not in a political way, but in a way that I know that this student needs this. 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:09.200 How do I make sure they get the supports that they need? 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.880 I know that my colleagues need this. 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:13.119 How do I make sure they get the supports they need? 00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:15.359 I know that this new legislation is coming down. 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:18.640 How do we implement this and not be scared of this as educators? 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:21.759 And then our fourth session is going to be about what comes next. 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.799 What have I learned? 00:23:22.880 --> 00:23:26.559 What have I gathered from my network that I've developed here and abroad? 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:35.759 How do I take all these different people that I've interacted with and spiral this into fashion for the next couple of years, next couple of decades? 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:41.359 Because if we make this so cookie cutter, then people would get crumbs out of this. 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:48.160 But as we tailor this and bring in professionals that meet the needs of what the cohort demands, everybody wins. 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:49.200 And that's the goal. 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:55.920 Great that was a great explanation, Michael. 00:23:56.079 --> 00:24:12.720 So I I would say what's great about this kind of professional learning is it's not I'm going to learn a particular thing about math or reading or dyslexia, or maybe it's you know AI or computer technology or whatever. 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:17.599 This is really going to be designed around the particular cohort of people that we get together. 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:31.680 And we're being intentional about making sure that we have a wide range of educators that came into the profession from different paths, have different experiences already that they're bringing to, they have different desires because they're going to tell us what they hope to get out of the academy. 00:24:31.839 --> 00:24:36.640 And we're going to be able to adapt as we go to make sure that we're meeting those needs. 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:51.839 We do have those themes, those pillars of instruction that we've already designed, and we're going to we'll be around those pillars, but we'll be able to adjust as necessary within that framework to make sure that this cohort of people get exactly what they need on an individual basis and also as a group. 00:24:52.000 --> 00:25:04.319 And I think the the mentor uh support, the home room, homeroom mentor uh idea is gonna solidify that because they can they'll meet virtually in between in-person sessions and also be available for one-on-one calls. 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:07.200 So um we're we're excited, you know. 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:15.599 I'm I'm sure there's a lot of people that would listen to this that wish they had an opportunity to have done this when they were in that first through third year, because it just makes uh tremendous difference. 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:29.759 Because you might be in a school where you're the only new teacher in a grade level or in a in a in a band of of grade levels, and so having somebody like you doing the things that you're trying to do uh just can can be a tremendous level of support. 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:30.559 That's great. 00:25:30.640 --> 00:25:38.559 So, Gail, members you're watching this, uh district office leaders, uh principals, school administrators, um, it's not too late. 00:25:38.720 --> 00:25:41.920 Take a look, go to page.inc, uh check out this program. 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:45.920 If you want, if you got questions, reach out to Michael or to Craig. 00:25:46.079 --> 00:25:51.279 Uh, but it sounds like an outstanding program, and I'm sure it's going to be very, very successful. 00:25:51.440 --> 00:26:07.279 Uh, and so even if you're thinking about uh your teachers for next year, but uh if I was still a principal, I think I would be trying my best to have one teacher from my school in every cohort over the preceding years, would be my hope and goal and aspiration. 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:09.440 So thank you both for what you're doing. 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:16.160 Uh, do any of you have any parting words you'd like to share with our Gale members about this or anything just uh related to Paige? 00:26:16.559 --> 00:26:28.960 Well, just uh we appreciate Gail's support and then the partnership that we have with you and the work that we're able to do outside of professional learning kind of things, but just all of the legislative advocacy and with agencies and everything else. 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:36.240 Um so we we are glad that we can address this and other things that Paige does with your audience. 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:44.240 And and if you're not a Paige member, of course, we always encourage you to check us out and then and join 94,000 other uh educators around the state. 00:26:44.799 --> 00:26:45.359 Perfect. 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:49.359 And uh I'll just say this on but on behalf of Paige, it's a great partner of Gale. 00:26:49.920 --> 00:27:06.559 Um, it doesn't matter the 40 days of the legislative session, uh the committee work days during the session that are above and beyond the 40 days, every study committee meeting that goes on around the state during the summer and fall. 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:14.480 Um, I want uh our Gale members to know how strongly represented uh Page is at all of those meetings. 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:28.799 And and Paige um has a lot of clout uh and are very engaged, and and they they help support uh advocacy with public education more than than most people will ever know. 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:33.680 Um and so we we're very appreciative of all the work you and your team do, Craig. 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.119 Thank you very much. 00:27:35.279 --> 00:27:35.839 We appreciate it. 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:38.000 All right, well, Gail members, you heard it. 00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:41.119 You got an opportunity for the Page New Teacher Academy. 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:47.759 Hope you'll take some time to look this up and start identifying some of your rockstar teachers to be a part of this program. 00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.960 Thank you, Michael. 00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:54.240 Thank you, Craig, thank you, Gail family, for joining us for another episode of Gail Unscripted.