New Teacher Institute

2008 NTI Registration Form

Registrations for NTI should be submitted by July 1, 2008.

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Summer Session July 27 to August 1, 2008

The New Teacher Institute (NTI) is an introduction and orientation program for new secondary and postsecondary career educators in Missouri.

NTI provides the first course of instruction needed for those who enter teaching through a temporary career education certificate. All program participants must complete:

a week-long summer session at the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg;
two regional Fall call-back meetings offered throughout the state;
communication and follow-up on assignments by email and/or online tools;
and a final Fall two-day call-back meeting at UCM.

NTI: Step One Toward Career Education Teacher Certification

The New Teacher Institute was developed as an induction program to help new career education teachers adapt to the classroom. However, participants should also keep in mind New Teacher Institute is a course for college credit, and that an additional five courses must be completed to receive a Missouri secondary career education teaching certificate. These courses are typically completed one each semester over a three-year period. (A total of four courses, including the New Teacher Institute, are needed for a postsecondary teaching certificate.)

For the convenience of NTI participants, the University of Central Missouri offers all of the required courses in a mixed online and in-person format for both secondary and postsecondary certification.

About the New Teacher Institute

The New Teacher Institute is a cooperative venture by the Missouri Center for Career Education, University of Central Missouri and Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to prepare new career education teachers. Lori Cochran is the program's director.

The primary purpose of the institute is to equip beginning career educators with the foundation in teaching and instructional management skills needed to perform effectively in the classroom and laboratory. NTI is intended for new career education teachers who do not have a B.S. in teacher education.

NTI has three broad goals:

develop pedagogical skills of new career educators;
identify resources to support career educators; and
establish a support network for new career educators.

For more information, contact program director Lori Cochran at (660)543-4887 or cochran@ucmo.edu.