In this episode, we had the honor of interviewing Yolanda Plear, founder of New Teacher Bestie!! In our conversation, Yolanda shared her personal journey from disgruntled classroom to her new mission as an advocate for new teachers! To learn more about Yolanda, you can visit her website at newteacherbestie.com or connect with her on the following platforms:  

FACEBOOK & LINKEDIN - Yolanda Plear                 INSTAGRAM - @newteacherbestie                          TWITTER - @TeachYoYo  

BIO: Yolanda Plear, M.Ed, also known as the "New Teacher Bestie", is a full time New Teacher Coach and entrepreneur. Yolanda has 9 years of classroom experience, including 1st grade and Kindergarten, in the Traditional Bilingual and Dual Language 50/50 settings. She has presenter experience as a speaker at the Georgia Association of Multilingual Educators Conference. Yolanda served as Campus Induction Coordinator for her campus for three years and successfully on boarded over 30 new teachers during that time.  Yolanda is fluent in Spanish, with a Bachelors Degree in Bilingual Education from Sam Houston State University and a Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Houston Baptist University. In 2020, Yolanda was awarded Teacher of the Year for her campus and was honored by the Houston Area Association of Black School Educators (HAABSE). Throughout her time as Campus Induction Coordinator, Yolanda’s passion for helping new teachers grew tremendously. She saw not only a need, but a want for closing the achievement gap of effective new teachers, and began to devote her time to being a coach and mentor. She facilitates a new teacher Cohort of Collaboration on her website newteacherbestie.com which is open for enrollment at this time.

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