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Effingham County honors 47 new-teacher induction graduates; district reports 91% retention
Summary
Carla Dean recognized the 2024–25 third-year graduating cohort of the district’s New Teacher Induction program and highlighted the district’s 91% retention of induction teachers; the board and superintendent applauded the program’s emphasis on relationships, mentoring and certificates for inductees.
Carla Dean introduced and recognized the Effingham County School District’s 2024–25 third-year graduating cohort of the New Teacher Induction program, calling the induction team “a bunch of proud mamas” and thanking the board and Superintendent Ford for their support.
Dean said the district retains an average 91% of its induction teachers and that 47 third-year teachers have completed the program this year. She named cohort members from each school and described the induction work as centered on mentoring, relationship-building and preparing early-career teachers to remain in the classroom.
“Having an entire team dedicated to supporting our newest educators is a powerful statement about the value that we place on professional growth and student success in Effingham County,” Dean said during the presentation.
Board members joined inductees for photographs as certificates were presented. District leaders framed the program as a staff-retention and instructional-quality strategy intended to help early-career teachers “level up” through focused mentoring and collaborative planning.
No formal board action was taken on the induction presentation; the recognition was presented as part of the consent/recognition portion of the agenda. The district said it will continue to staff and fund the induction team as part of its ongoing personnel investments.
