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Beginning Teacher Network

The NESC partners with ND RISE through the Beginning Teacher Network grant program to support first-year teachers across North Dakota’s northeast region. Each year, the NESC offers a workshop series for first-, second-, and third-year teachers, providing sustained, job-embedded support through cycles of learning, guided practice, reflection, and refinement of instructional practices.

The series focuses on key areas commonly identified as needs among beginning teachers – student engagement and classroom management. Facilitated in a collaborative format, the workshops create a space for educators to share challenges and successes while receiving guidance from experienced mentors and facilitators. This series complements the ND RISE Mentoring Program and serves approximately 20 teachers annually.

For more information regarding the current year’s NESC Beginning Teacher Network Workshop, please refer to the Professional Learning tab on the NESC website or contact NESC Director of Professional Learning and Operations, Erin Lacina at 888-701-6372 or Erin.Lacina@nescnd.org.

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NESC has provided me with invaluable resources and knowledge to refine my craft and keep our school district competitive and progressive in twenty first century learning. They have provided professional development that has changed the direction of our district and helped us to refocus our school improvement goals (Marzano High Reliability Schools training). They have been available for support on every level for our administration and staff, and provided some of the best training I’ve ever attended in my 25 years of teaching (Steve Dunn Writing Workshop). Without their expertise and commitment to our schools, we would not have the resources and strategies available for effective instructional practices. I can’t imagine not having the NESC as our main professional development support system. They are the solid foundation of collaboration and excellence that small rural districts in North Dakota need.

Melissa HiltnerFormer K-12 Instructional Coach, Langdon Area Public Schools
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As the former High School Principal and current Superintendent at Dakota Prairie Schools, I have witnessed first-hand the benefits of the NESC’s Succeed 2020 program. These benefits range from technology assistance, data retrieval, professional development analyzing data, and support. In the time I have been at DP, we have transitioned to a one-to-one school, implemented data teams at both campuses, implemented a data intervention time with our students, and begun wrestling with best practices in regards to classroom teaching and data usage. All of these improvements are due directly to the assistance and guidance allowed to us by the NESC’s Succeed 2020 Grant.

Jay SladeSuperintendent, Dakota Prairie Public Schools