Teachers of Tomorrow is celebrating an astounding 15 years of success this year! In 2005, our co-founders set out on a mission to provide quality teachers to students in need. Working to close the teacher shortage gap, our program has helped over 60,000 people become teachers!

Our program started in Texas and quickly became recognized as one of the most reputable programs by districts and candidates alike. Through unwavering commitment and dedication, we boldly trailblazed the path to become a teacher and made it accessible to candidates across the nation. Now, we proudly certify teachers in nine different states!

From a small and mighty team of two to a continually growing team of over 200, we pride ourselves in effective communication and unparalleled support. Our team delivers excellent guidance every step of the way. Our principles were created to center around you! Our innovative program allows candidates the flexibility needed to succeed, without having to sacrifice integrity. This flexibility, combined with personal guidance from our expert staff, makes our program stand out.

Through our vision, hard work, and commitment – Teachers of Tomorrow has become the #1 district preferred program! We have identified the challenges education recruiters face. Our program serves to train teachers who enter the industry and stay in the industry. We strive to provide future teachers with the highest caliber of training, reflected in the fact that our teachers have a 70% retention rate – which is well above the national average of 50%. School districts are consistently impressed and satisfied with our candidates!

We are always looking for new ways to innovate and improve. With constant updates and additions to advance our curriculum, enhance our resources and empower our candidates – you can expect to see even more ways to train great teachers and get them working in districts all over the country!

We are grateful for the support of candidates, school districts, HR representatives and principals. We promise to never settle and to continue our mission of providing students and districts with the teachers they deserve. Every day, we are motivated by our shared victories. Together, we are changing the future. We can’t wait to see what the next 15 years bring!

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EdSurge has a great article on Zoombombing that is very helpful with this in mind.

As Zoom grows in popularity, so too do episodes of internet impropriety begin to escalate.

“Like journalists and investors, educators from New York City to the University of Southern California have reported instances where their virtual meetings were hijacked by miscreants.”

USC is providing resources to prevent Zoombombing – https://keepteaching.usc.edu/faculty/quick-start-toolkit/zoom/zoom-security-settings/

Plus 6 tips to deter Zoombombing

And from Zoom – https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/03/20/keep-the-party-crashers-from-crashing-your-zoom-event/

We are happy to provide additional tips for Virtual Teaching if you are just getting started as well.

Finally – it should be highlighted not to record virtual sessions and to avoid posting pictures of virtual sessions on social media; FERPA and privacy concerns should be heeded.

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From the Donors Choose Website –

DonorsChoose.org has created a recovery fund to help teachers at impacted schools create projects for the disaster recovery materials they need in the coming weeks. Every dollar donated at DonorsChoose.org/Hurricane-Florence will be used to fund a classroom project in a school affected by Florence.

Reporting Damaged Schools

After the storm, if you know of a public school that has sustained severe damage, please submit a report to our team.

We’ve confirmed early reports of damage at the following schools, and will continue to update as we receive new information:

• Lumberton High School, Robeson County, NC
• White Oak High School, Onslow County, NC
• Topsail Elementary School, Pender County, NC
• Midway Elementary School, Davidson County, NC

UPDATE:  I was asked why teachers might need help. It is fairly simple. A flooded school means all the school supplies a teacher has purchased over the years are now gone.  A careers worth of lesson plans are gone. Since most of these were paid for by the teacher out of his/her own pocket – without help, how can they be replaced. At the same time, students affected by Hurricane Florence just want something normal  – and school usually provides that normalcy.

Helping teachers quickly create a great learning and safe place for their students is what we need to do through DonorsChoose.

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But the Atlantic did the best job on this new trend of teachers participating in the sharing economy.  First – teachers have the right personality traits to become a host – they are more empathetic, socially adept, responsive and adaptable with a passion for sharing knowledge.  Second – teacher schedules with summers off make them a good host during prime rental times. Third – they need the money.

Uber sites a similar trend for teachers – they specifically target teachers to be drivers especially during peak times on weekends and in the summer.  I use Uber a lot and have had many teachers as drivers especially during the summer.  They like it because they can drive when they want.

Both Airbnb and Uber are using the fact that teachers are hosts and drivers to show that they are a good thing for a community. Since many politicians are trying to limit the sharing economy through regulation, Airbnb/Uber are showing their teacher participants as great members of the community who need short term rentals as a way to buy supplies for their classrooms and support their families. They are trying to put forth a friendly face that you care about so that you don’t impose regulations on these great people.

Interesting part of the sharing economy – teachers as hosts and drivers. Not the best situation but it certainly helps right now.

According to Airbnb –

• 45,000 teacher hosts in the US
• $160 million in total earnings for teacher hosts in 2017
• $54 million in summertime earnings for teacher hosts in 2017
• $6,500 in typical annual supplemental income earned by teacher hosts

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