Ellen Moir

Ellen Moir founded New Teacher Center in 1998 to scale high quality teacher induction services to a national audience. NTC strengthens school communities through proven mentoring and professional development programs, policy and research. NTC has reached over 250,000 teachers across the country. Ellen retired as CEO in August, 2018 and is an independent educational consultant.

Ellen is widely recognized for her work in beginning teacher development and student learning. She has extensive experience in public education, having previously served as Director of Teacher Education at the University of California at Santa Cruz and worked as a bilingual teacher. In 2015, Ellen received the Mary Utne O’Brien Award for Excellence in Expanding the Evidence-based Practice of Social Emotional Learning. Ellen has been named the 2014 Brock International Prize in Education Laureate, an Ashoka Fellow in 2011, and is a recipient of the 2011 Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship. Other major awards include: the 2013 NewSchools Venture Fund Organization of the Year Award; 2010 Civic Ventures Purpose Prize Fellow; 2008 National Staff Development Council Contribution to the Field award; the 2008 Full Circle Fund Impact Award; the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. 2005 Prize in Education; and the 2003 California Council on Teacher Education Distinguished Teacher Educator Award. Ellen has also co-authored many publications, including Keys to the Elementary Classroom and Keys to the Secondary Classroom, New Teacher Mentoring: Hopes and Promise for Improving Teacher Effectiveness, and Blended Coaching: Skills and Strategies to Support Principal Development.

For more than twenty years, she has pioneered innovative approaches to new teacher development, research on new teacher practice, mentor development, and the design and administration of teacher induction programs. She is recognized as a passionate advocate for our nation’s teachers and for the students they teach.