New  Teacher Center Staff

Vivian G. Morris, Director

Kathleen Cooter,  Outreach Coordinator

Heather Murley, Administrative Secretary

To Contact Us:

New Teacher Center

College of Education

University of Memphis

215 Ball Hall

Memphis, TN  38152

 

Phone: (901) 678-2352

Fax: (901) 678-4778

Email: ntc@memphis.edu

 

Affiliated with the New Teacher Center at the University of California-Santa Cruz, the New Teacher Center at the University of Memphis provides a program of integrated support and assessment and creates an atmosphere that encourages teachers to develop norms and standards of professional collegiality, inquiry, reflection and assessment. This process of formative, ongoing assessment within a community of practice is an essential component of teacher development and school reform. NTC new teachers develop the expectation that teaching is collegial, that teaching is a continuous cycle of instruction, assessment, reflection and planning, and that learning to teach is a lifelong process.