By increasing the retention of teachers, BTSA programs save money. School districts do not need to recruit and hire additional teachers to replace discouraged teachers who quit. BTSA programs enable districts to focus resources on classrooms, not expensive recruitment and rehiring. Increases in Teacher Performance and Student Learning Teaching and learning improve when beginning teachers are involved in a BTSA program. A pilot project showed that BTSA teachers give their students more complex academic assignements and use instructional practices that engage all students.
All students become achievers when they are given challenging assignments.
BTSA teachers learn specific methods for teaching culturally and linguistically diverse students. Too Teacher professionalism flourishes in BTSA programs. BTSA is a success story for approximately 15,000 beginning teachers who have participated in the program. Experienced teachers have also benefited. Learning about new approaches helps experienced teachers clarify their own thinking and improve their teaching practice.