New Teacher Development
Authentic Professional Development. Expert Effective Teachers.
SELF’s New Special Education Teacher Fellowship (NSTF) targets new special education teachers working with students with exceptionalities to accelerate their impact and development through an intensive one-year fellowship.
NSTF Data:
- 97% Satisfaction rating with program participants
- 90% of fellows completing the program stayed in areas schools
- 79% of the first year fellows demonstrated proficient writing on IEP goals
Now recruiting for the 2025-2026 New SPED Teacher Fellowship!
Contact Darren Jasper (djasper@selfnola.org) with questions.
Impact and Testimonials
Have other teachers in local schools done this? What did they say about it?
"Following the creation and implementation of a trauma-informed behavior plan, my targeted student has responded more appropriately to other classmates and is completing more work in class. He went from failing three classes the 1st semester to only failing one during the 2nd semester.”
— Alumni of Supporting Behavior through Trauma Informed Lens
I enjoy the collaboration and content that the SELF cohorts and professional developments provide. The information is always very relatable to the content we are working on in our classrooms and the resources are always given to you in a manner that you can immediately take back to the classroom to implement.
— Middle School Special Education Teacher
“Special Education can be somewhat isolating, particularly a self-contained classroom. The specialized cohort for supporting students with low incidence disabilities has been phenomenal in terms of giving me a group of peers for collaborating with.”
— Anonymous