SIEC New Teacher Initiative: Cohort 11

Program Overview

One of our Signature Initiatives at the Southern Indiana Education Center is offering a professional learning experience to empower and support new teachers in your school district. The SIEC New Teacher Program will encompass two school years and include at least 6 face-to-face and 3 individualized (coaching) sessions for new teachers. We all know the importance of keeping quality teachers and supporting new teachers in every way possible. This is a golden opportunity for new teachers to connect and further their learning with other new teachers throughout the southwest Indiana region.

Over-arching goals include:

• Enhance instructional practice and classroom management skills of novice teachers, especially those skills that weren't developed in post-secondary education

• Promote the professional and personal well-being of novice teachers

• Increase retention of new teachers

• Support a new teacher induction process and encourage professional relationships between novice teachers, administrators, and colleagues

• Develop and apply a growth mindset to the classroom

• Provide an opportunity for new teachers to dive deeper into personalized topics based on individual needs

Registration is open now, and the first workshop day will take place on September 17, 2024. Don't miss this unique opportunity to connect and learn with like-minded new teachers!

Details:

Location: SIEC Office, 1102 Tree Lane Drive, Jasper, IN 47546

Time: 9:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. EASTERN (each day)

Dates:

2026: September 9, November 17

2027: January 13, April 1, & September 8

2028: January 11

Registration Fee: SIEC Member - $950/Non-member $1,550

Additional Information:

• Participants are encouraged to bring fully charged laptops to the workshops

• Participants will receive 36 PGPs

• Deadline to register is August 31, 2026.

• Lunch is included in the registration.

Presenter: DeAnne Taggart

Ms. Taggart has 21 years of K-12 classroom experience, two years of central office administration experience (K-12 school district), and over 10 years of extensive experience as a Director of Professional Learning and Solutions Specialist for a state education service center. She is a graduate of Indiana University (Bloomington) and Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion). She is currently enrolled and working toward her Ph.D. in Educational Studies with a focus on Educational Technology at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. She has served as a curriculum development trainer, an academic/leadership coach, a collaboration coordinator, and has developed a wide variety of professional learning sessions aligned to the needs of educators, including ten different new teacher cohorts over multiple school years. Ms. Taggart’s interests include pursuing ongoing home improvement projects and the mountain of good books on her must-read list. She has two children and three grandchildren who are a source of tremendous joy in her life.