Ellen Moir is executive director of the New Teacher Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC). She has also served for fifteen years as director of the Santa Cruz New Teacher Project, a beginning teacher induction program that has supported more than 12,000 beginning teachers during the first two years of their careers. From 1985 to 2000, she was director of teacher education at UCSC. In 2003, Moir received the California Council on Teacher Education Distinguished Teacher Educator Award. She has recently addressed issues of new teacher support at the conferences of the National Governor's Association, National Board for Professional Teacher Standards, American Educational… Research Association, and National Staff Development Council. Recent journal publications include articles for Educational Leadership, Journal of Staff Development, Teacher Education Quarterly , and Chief State School Officers Council Newsletter . Moir has authored several book chapters related to induction and produced video documentaries on teacher induction and bilingual education.Rain S. Bongolan has supported over 120 beginning secondary teachers as a mentor for the Santa Cruz New Teacher Project. Her contributions to the profession reflect 22 years of teaching history and English at the middle and high school levels, and her dedication to ensuring students' access to rigorous, culturally responsive instruction. For three years, Bongolan directed and codesigned the New Teacher Center's ELL Institute, one of California's 24 professional development institutes. Bongolan consults with national organizations as well as state school districts working to improve instructional practices in adolescent literacy and English language development. She has authored several mentor and teacher training modules and directed grant projects for the NTC featuring practical and innovative teaching and mentoring strategies designed to advance students' content literacy in Grades 7-12.
Ellen Moir is founder and executive director of the New Teacher Center, which is committed to the development of an inspired, dedicated, and highly quali�fied teaching force by supporting new teachers as they enter the profession. For more than 20 years, she has pioneered innovative approaches to new teacher development, research on new teacher practice, and the design and administration of teacher induction programs. Moir continues to work with the Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project and is an advocate for new teachers across the country. Moir has received national recognition for her work, including the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. 2005 Prize in Education and the 2003 Distinguished… Teacher Educator Award from the California Council on Teacher Education. Moir is the author of several articles and book chapters and has produced video series related to new teacher development. Her work has been supported by over 20 private foundations and donors, the National Science Foundation, and several state and federal agencies.
Sheila Hollins was recently elected President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. She worked with Donald Winnicott as physician and consultant for forty years. She has a growing interest and expertise in the field of learning disabilities, having served on the Advisory Group on Challenging Behaviour and Mental Health Needs. She has twice been seconded to the Department of Health as Senior Policy Advisor on Learning Disability and Autism.