Teacher Training and Supervision Overview
From Hybrid School Builders by Rebecca Foley
March 17, 2026 · 31 min · Season 2 · Episode 18
About this episode
Rebecca Foley provides an overview of training and supervising teachers for a new hybrid school, focusing on mission fit and practical training methods.
Teacher Training and Supervision for a New Hybrid School Rebecca Foley hosts the Hybrid School Builders Podcast and shares an overview of how to train and supervise teachers, especially in the months before opening a new hybrid school. She emphasizes hiring for mission fit, energy with kids, and increasing subject-matter expertise for older grades, rather than relying only on paper qualifications. For established programs, she recommends budgeting to pay new hires to shadow experienced teachers and optionally creating a paid mentor-teacher system over the summer. For a first-year launch without existing classes to observe, she suggests planning 10–15 hours of training per teacher covering logistics and safety (building walkthroughs, doors/bathrooms, cleanup, restricted areas), curriculum training, and classroom management aligned with the school’s educational and behavior philosophy. She advises distilling management philosophy into clear, practical principles and scenarios, encouraging discussion, and ensuring alignment during interviews. Training should include early access to curriculum materials, possible one-on-one curriculum meetings, and requirements like CPR/first aid…
People in this episode
Host: Rebecca Foley
Topics covered
- teacher training
- supervision
- hybrid school
- education
- curriculum
- classroom management
Keywords
- teacher training
- hybrid school
- curriculum
- classroom management
- supervision
- education
- mission fit
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