Welcome to Teaching and to the Unit 5 Mentoring Program

The stakes are high. Every day, we wager the future of this country on our teachers. We are daily entrusting the dreams of our young people to those who teach them. Whether those dreams are delayed, denied, or fulfilled is ours to decide.

No Dream Denied
National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future
Washington, D.C., January 2002

We are thrilled to welcome new-to-the-profession teachers to Unit 5! Teaching is truly an important, exciting and rewarding career.

Unit 5 has established a comprehensive induction program to assist novice teachers as they grow and develop as educators. Novice teachers can move from having an Initial to Standard Teaching Certificate by fully participating in this professional development program. One of the most important facets of induction is high-quality instructional mentoring of novice teachers by accomplished teachers.