The two then sit down and target areas for growth. Also, the district wants coaches to have no more than two new teachers that they work with unless absolutely necessary. The schools also get funding for someone to coordinate the program on site. At my school, I'm the coordinator. At my school, I have found the program to be very helpful.
New teachers get support for two full years.
The coaches enjoy a confidential relationship with their assigned new teachers. I am wondering if a new teacher program that focused on developing good classroom management and looked at student work might help beginning teachers manage their steep learning curve. I often hear that new teachers are so overwhelmed they need time to be able to process standards, etc. Although we all traditionally think of the first year as being the most difficult year, the next few are not walks in the park either. They meet periodically to go over areas like lesson and unit planning, discipline, goal-setting, etc.