New Teacher Support
Welcome to Cumberland County Schools!
We are so excited to have you join us! One of Cumberland County’s goals is to recruit, select, develop and retain the best personnel. Your success as an educator is important to us. This year will be filled with many rewards and exciting learning opportunities. The path to CCS excellence is right here- we will be your North star!
Goals of the New Teacher Support Program:
To assist the new teacher in developing decision-making skills to include: positive expectations for all students, techniques in competent classroom management, skills in lesson planning and effective instruction.
To establish a collaborative professional learning community with support meetings throughout the year at your school and district level.
To support you in providing a safe and supportive learning environment.
To increase career commitment and retention of initially licensed teachers.
To provide teachers with tools to utilize data and feedback that best support students.
Are you interested in becoming a teacher?
Fill out this form with your questions and we will reach out to you!
2027 Beginning Teacher of the Year (Pictured below)
Former U.S. Army veteran Charles Houston, a seventh-grade social studies teacher at New Century International Middle School, was named Beginning Teacher of the Year—an honor he calls more meaningful than his military awards.
Carrying on a multi-generational legacy established by his mother, Dorothy Maggie Houston (a 60-year teaching veteran), and his grandmother, Houston credited their inspiration, noting that collaborating on first-year lesson plans provided a deeply personal bonding experience after his father's death. In his classroom, Houston empowers students—whom he calls jali (storytellers)—through a hands-on, student-led civic model where they campaign, debate, and collaboratively solve problems.
Congratulations, Mr. Houston!
