{"id":11261,"date":"2012-08-02T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2012-08-02T14:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/?p=11261"},"modified":"2018-11-06T12:41:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T18:41:40","slug":"npt-reports-higher-pay-brings-new-teachers-to-nashville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wnpt.org\/mediaupdate\/2012\/08\/02\/npt-reports-higher-pay-brings-new-teachers-to-nashville\/","title":{"rendered":"NPT Reports: Higher Pay Brings New Teachers to Nashville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NGzCVmrDmJU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>More than 200 new public school teachers in Nashville sat as students recently during a four-day training in the New Teacher Induction Program. It\u2019s a regular event this time of year for Metro Nashville Public Schools<\/a>. But this time, there are significant changes, including a new format focusing on major content areas like classroom management, technology, and teaching strategies for English Language Learners.<em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new teacher induction is much more intensive than it has been previously\u2026and it&#8217;s making our first year teachers be able to get on board much more quickly and be successful,\u201d says Earl Wiman, who works in MNPS Human Resources.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest change of all is what may have attracted many of the 200 new teachers to MNPS in the first place: $40,000 starting pay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s been difficult for us to hire teachers, because so many urban districts outside pay more,\u201d says Wiman. \u201cWith the $40,000 starting salary, that&#8217;s allowed us to be much more competitive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than 113 languages are spoken in Metro Nashville Public Schools, which was a significant reason why English Language Learners (ELL) was a major focus of the training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am nervous about teaching in a classroom that would have a high rate of English-language learners simply because\u2026it would be hard maybe for me to tell whether I\u2019m being effective until it is time for that unit test,\u201d says first-year teacher Michael Mixon, who will be teaching middle school math and science.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville public schools have the largest number of English Language Learners in Tennessee, according to Deana Conn, who is instructing the class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Some students&#8211; it&#8217;s very clear that they&#8217;re not proficient in English\u2026and they have very specific needs about really helping them understand the content,\u201d says Conn. \u201cAnd then there&#8217;s the other category of students who come into the classroom speaking very well and they sort of sneak by teachers and teachers don&#8217;t realize that really\u2026they\u2019re not academically proficient.\u201d<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the ELL workshop, teachers were given information about specific population breakdowns, learning the ELL lingo, and different cultural considerations and their impact.<\/p>\n<p>One teacher simply asked what seemed to be on everyone else\u2019s mind: how do you teach someone something in English if you don\u2019t know his or her language?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>It\u2019s important to make sure that teachers are thinking of visuals or how can they make sure their students understand what they&#8217;re telling\u2026and can they do things that are hands-on and interactive to help them really grasp what&#8217;s going on,\u201d says Conn.<\/p>\n<p>Even as a new math teacher, Michael Mixon says he found great benefit in learning unique teaching strategies for dealing with English Language Learners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are pushing us to use literacy and verbal skills, even in math classes, so this will be very helpful especially if you&#8217;re dealing with high-level math problems like word problems,\u201d says Mixon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso it\u2019s kind of given me insight to dealing with how English language learners would deal with number sense. 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