I love to learn and connect with others to do it! It’s a part of who I am and how I was made, and I want to encourage others to do the same.

In May of 2010 the  New Teacher Chat mentoring message started as a weekly chat on Twitter. The chat was designed to be practitioner focused to support new and pre-service educators world wide to receive resources and mentoring to grow in their practice. But it’s also SO much more.

In September of 2014, I took the chat to a new level to allow accessibility to resources and connections more than just once a week; I launched a “New Teacher Chat” class on Remind. We are still growing strong and I’d love to have you join us for fun Summer PD tips and More!

Remind is most often used by teachers to connect with students and parents. With my #ntchat class, teachers are invited to join our “New Teacher Chat” class on Remind to receive messages connected to #ntchat about 3x a week. These are in the form of resources, voice clips, reminders, and updates to support new and pre-service teachers to feel connected.

Things to know about Remind:

• Remind helps teachers connect instantly with students and parents.
• Remind makes communication simpler and more efficient through mobile, and improves how teachers, students and parents connect with one another.
• Remind is free and easy: Sign up in 15 seconds.
• Personal phone numbers are kept private, and messages are broadcast-only.
• Remind can send or schedule reminders, documents or motivational messages directly to students’ and parents’ phones, with no reply-back.
• With Remind, you can get instant feedback from your class with Stamps.
• With Remind, you can record and send short Voice Clips.
• With Remind you can choose to chat with 1 or multiple members of your class. (New!)

To join “New Teacher Chat” on Remind, follow these instructions:

1. Download the Remind app for iOS (iPhone) or Android as a student or a parent.
2. On the app, you can subscribe to multiple classes and keep messages in one place.
3. Search for our class by tapping the “+” next to “subscribed classes.”
4. Enter @ntchat and sign up.
5. No smart phone? From the US and Canada only text @ntchat to 562-320-8415 and follow instructions.
6. You can also visit www.remind.com/join/ntchat and enter in your phone number to sign up. (US & Canada only. International users enter your email)
7. Note: We will never see your personal contact information and it will be kept secure.
8. You can learn more about Remind and different ways to use it on their site.

Now that you have all the info, I hope you will join me and invite your friends to do the same!

I look forward to growing the #ntchat message that New and Pre-service teachers deserve to receive mentoring and support that meets them where they are.

I believe that Remind is a great way to make that happen!

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