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Teach Sumner program says it has filled 163 classrooms and reports 94% retention for program graduates
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District leaders and Teach Sumner staff told the board the in-district teacher pipeline filled 163 positions (153 retained) and reported detailed coaching, observation and candidate-support metrics, and board members praised the program's local impact.
Teach Sumner leaders told the Sumner County School Board on Tuesday that the district-designed teacher pipeline has filled a significant number of classroom vacancies and reported high retention and multiple support metrics they said show early success.
"We filled 163 vacant classrooms," Justin Alexander told the board, adding that 153 of those educators are still with the district, a figure he cited as a 94% retention rate. He described a program that pairs job-embedded teacher candidates with cohort-based coursework, ongoing coaching and site visits.
Program managers reported 811 coaching sessions so far this school year,…
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