O'Brien & Tothero Communities

[...] are in a unique place and time to leverage this new reality to increase teacher retention. Online Communities of practice built from the ground up especially for teachers by experienced community [...]

[...] their careers. Our goal is to help good teachers stay in the classroom by providing robust, online communities of practice that serve as a communication bridge between preservice teacher preparation [...]

[...] We have a big problem with teacher attrition in this country. Thirty percent of all beginning teachers in the United States leave the teaching profession by year three, and fifty percent of all [...]

[...] world of teaching for the first time can be a daunting and isolating experience. Because beginning teachers share many common concerns and face similar challenges during those early years in the [...]

[...] At O’Brien & Tothero Communities, we share a genuine passion for bringing teachers together to support each other during all [...]

[...] groups of preservice teachers beginning during their training and extending into the critical induction year, and onward through their first five years in the field. Researchers now consider the [...]

[...] teachers beginning during their preservice teacher training and extending into the critical induction year, and onward through their first five years in the field and beyond. At O’Brien & [...]

[...] , and can engender strong and lasting feelings of community among cohort groups of preservice teachers beginning during their training and extending into the critical induction year, and [...]

[...] isolation, and can engender strong and lasting feelings of community among cohort groups of preservice teachers beginning during their preservice teacher training and extending into the critical [...]

[...] for teachers to connect with one another as a part of a familiar, friendly and highly accessible community of practice, we can increase camaraderie, empathy, support and loyalty among our teachers. [...]

[...] for teachers to connect with one another as a part of a familiar, friendly and highly accessible community of practice. And in doing so, we help to reduce preservice and beginning teachers’ [...]

[...] ’ feelings of isolation, and can engender strong and lasting feelings of community among cohort groups of preservice teachers beginning during their training and extending into the critical [...]

[...] ; feelings of isolation, and can engender strong and lasting feelings of community among cohort groups of preservice teachers beginning during their preservice teacher training and extending [...]

[...] preservice and beginning teachers’ feelings of isolation, and can engender strong and lasting feelings of community among cohort groups of preservice teachers beginning during their training and [...]

[...] preservice and beginning teachers’ feelings of isolation, and can engender strong and lasting feelings of community among cohort groups of preservice teachers beginning during their preservice [...]

[...] cost to our country each year is 7.2 billion dollars. Clearly, there is a great need to keep good teachers in the classroom through the beginning years. The good news is that by increasing the number [...]

[...] together to support each other during all stages of their careers. Our goal is to help good teachers stay in the classroom by providing robust, online communities of practice that serve as a [...]

[...] them in their new online community.   At O’Brien & Tothero, we develop online community frameworks that are easy for teachers to use on the fly, right in the middle of a very busy [...]