The New Teacher Project
The New Teacher Project (TNTP) is a national nonprofit dedicated to closing the achievement gap by ensuring that high-need students get outstanding teachers. Founded by teachers in 1997, TNTP partners with school districts and states to implement scalable responses to their most acute teacher quality challenges. Since its inception, TNTP has trained or hired approximately 33,000 teachers, benefiting an estimated 4.8 million students nationwide. It has established more than 70 programs and initiatives in 28 states and published three seminal studies on urban teacher hiring and school staffing.
The New Teacher Project believes that the fundamental structures, policies and institutions that influence teacher quality (from certification providers to district Human Resources offices to collective bargaining agreements) must align with the goal of maximizing teacher quality in high-need schools. As an organization created by teachers, TNTP finds inspiration in the hard work, talent and impact of America’s best educators. Today, the simple premise that teachers matter drives all aspects of TNTP's work. They undertake a range of activities to increase the concentration of highly effective teachers in high-need schools:
- Creating innovative programs that bring high-quality teachers into hard-to-staff schools;
- Identifying the policy barriers that keep schools from hiring the best teachers possible, and advocate for necessary reforms;
- Working hand-in-hand with school districts and school leaders to staff the lowest-performing schools with excellent teachers
- Developing new and better ways to prepare, develop, and certify teachers for public schools.
Volunteers at TNTP will cultivate candidates for possible teaching positions within the RSD, maintain and update teacher placement data, schedule interviews with candidates and principals, and plan TNTP events and networking fairs.
Location: 1641 Poland Ave.
Transportation: Provide your own or rideshare. TNTP is also accessible from the Marigny-Bywater bus (#5).
Days and Times: Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Contact: Gabrielle Misfeldt, gmisfeldt@tntp.org, 504-373-6200 x20033