Supporting Growth Towards Excellence in Classroom Leadership

The Reach Professional Teacher Induction Program is a partnership with the Bay Area School of Enterprise and a consortium of charter schools.

This program will support new teachers, over the course of two years
following completing the requirements for a Preliminary Credential, to
move their practice from competent to exceptional. Through a partnership with the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz, the program will lead to a Professional Clear Credential. The program emphasizes personalized and job-embedded coaching. At the same time, the Reach Professional Teacher Induction Program will connect new teachers to a community of new and experienced educators through a cohort model. The sense of isolation new teachers feel is one of the leading causes of teachers leaving the field.

About Induction
Beginning teachers are required to complete a two-year induction program as part of the credential process in California. It is the Charter School or School District ’s responsibility to provide new teachers access to an Induction Program.

The Reach Professional Teacher Induction Program is a Consortium of Charter Schools. The Reach program is accredited by the California Commission on Teacher Credentials and the California Department of Education. The program is free to beginning teachers and completion of the program leads to a Professional Clear Teaching Credential.

School’s Commitment:
$1500 and $500 in kind contribution per participating teacher
Six half-days of paid release for professional development of participating teachers
School instructional leader attends quarterly Steering Committee Meetings

Participating Teacher Commitment:
• Monthly after school Collaborative Group Meeting
• Monthly after school Cohort Meeting
• Weekly one-on-one meeting with a Coach
• Two Day Summer Retreat

The Reach Teacher Induction Program is offered exclusively to teachers employed by our partner schools.