Tim Daly – The New Teacher Project

OK Radio #6
Tim Daly, President of The New Teacher Project

2.12.2008
Timothy Daly, President of the The New Teacher Project shares his experiences and insights on careers in teaching within our public schools. What character traits and skills make for a successful teacher? What are the biggest opportunities and greatest challenges for public school teachers today?

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Interview Highlights
:48 Mission of The New Teacher Project
1:46 Character traits and skills of successful teachers
5:00 The impact of staffing rules on teachers and student
8:13 Tim’s experience as a Middle School teacher
11:10 Benefits of teaching within urban communities
12:58 Opportunities and challenges for public school teachers
15:36 OK If? What dazzling feats would Timothy perform in the circus…?

Tim Daly
President, The New Teacher Project

As president of The New Teacher Project (TNTP), a national non-profit organization that partners with school districts and states to improve teacher quality in low-performing schools, Timothy Daly manages the organization’s efforts to engage the wider educational community in teacher quality reforms, including recruitment, selection, training, and staffing rules. Immediately prior to his appointment as President in 2007, Tim served as Vice President for Policy and Research, managing The New Teacher Project’s efforts to ensure that teacher hiring and staffing processes support student achievement. Tim was responsible for launching this business line in 2006 and presided over its rapid growth. He has been with TNTP since 2001 and previously served as TNTP’s managing partner for multiple contracts including the NYC Teaching Fellows program (NYCTF), the largest of The New Teacher Project’s alternate route to certification programs. In the past four years, NYCTF has attracted over 70,000 applications from individuals interested in teaching; today, there are nearly 8,600 Teaching Fellows active in more than 1,100 public schools across New York City. Tim began his career in education as a Teach For America corps member at Northeast Middle School in Baltimore, MD. He holds a BA in American Studies from Northwestern University and a MA in Teaching from Johns Hopkins University.

Website: The New Teacher Project