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Dartmouth Public Schools highlights Project T.I.M.E. mentoring program, reports 92.2% teacher retention
Summary
District leaders presented Project T.I.M.E., the district's teacher induction and mentoring program required by Massachusetts, saying it supports teacher retention and introducing the 2024'1025 instructional hires and their mentors.
The Dartmouth School Committee on Sept. 9 heard an overview of Project T.I.M.E., the district's teacher induction and mentoring program, and met the 2024' 2025 cohort of new instructional hires and their assigned mentors. Superintendent Dr. Saba-Maguire invited Catherine Pavao and Ross Thibault to summarize the program.
Pavao, director of teaching and learning for the elementary level, told the Committee that Massachusetts school districts are required to provide a mentoring and induction program and that Dartmouth provides training for its mentors. Thibault, director of teaching and learning for the secondary level, said Project T.I.M.E. is intended to support teacher retention and provided the district's current teacher retention rate, 92.2%.
The directors introduced the district's 2024' 2025 new instructional hires and named their mentors. New hires listed in the meeting packet include, among others, Jeffrey Carreiro (Special Education Teacher, DMS), Sarah Dury (Guidance Counselor, DMS), Logan Genereux (Speech Language Pathologist, Cushman) and Jessica Collyer (Computer Science Teacher, DHS); each hire was paired with a district mentor.
Committee members did not take a vote on the program during the meeting. District leaders said the mentoring program is part of ongoing retention and professional development work across Dartmouth Public Schools and that details and bios for new hires are included in the meeting packet.
