Performance-based Academic Coaching Team System (PACT)
Support for student teachers, teacher trainees, novice teachers and their mentors ... helpful and at your fingertips!
One of the main causes of teacher turnover in Texas is lack of support during the first years of teaching. ATPE knows that these first years of teaching can be challenging—we want to help! We’ve partnered with the Texas A&M University System to provide an online support system that allows ATPE members free, confidential and quick one-on-one help.
The Performance-based Academic Coaching Team System (PACT) is an online mentoring support system designed by the Texas A&M University System and funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. ATPE and the Texas A&M University System have partnered to offer this program FREE to ATPE members who meet the eligibility requirements.
Membership in the PACT System gives novice teachers access to personal, one-on-one guidance available through the help request system from 7 a.m.–11 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon–8 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Retired teachers who serve as e-mentors will answer questions and provide support and resources. Chat rooms, discussion boards and other teaching tools and resources are also available through the site.
Read more about the program and hear from some of the e-mentors in an article featured in the Winter 2009 ATPE News.
Eligibility
To be a member of the PACT community, a teacher must meet the following requirements:
- Be a member of ATPE AND
- Be a student teacher or teacher trainee OR
- Be in his or her first, second or third year of teaching OR
- Be a mentor teacher
To sign up for membership in this FREE online support system, read and accept the Terms and Conditions of Use, and then enter in your ATPE Login ID and password. You will be redirected to the PACT System website.
For more information about eligibility requirements or for general questions about the PACT System, please contact ATPE Professional Development Coordinator Kris Woodcock
at prof_dev@atpe.org.