NTI 2025

July 27-30, 2025, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Columbia, Missouri. 

NTI is a four-day boot camp for new career and technical education teachers who are coming into teaching directly from industry. The purpose of NTI is to prepare novice teachers for their first day, week, and month of school with an eye toward a successful first year. School district administrative approval is required for all participants.

Eligible participants:

• do not have an education degree
• have never taught or have just finished their first year of teaching
• have been hired by a Missouri local education agency to teach in a DESE-approved CTE program

A $25 nonrefundable deposit is required for all participants, and registration is considered complete once that deposit is received by the department.

Contact Lori Brown at 573-526-4900 or lori.brown@dese.mo.gov if you have any questions.

• Registration opens March 1, 2025.

  • $25.00 check made payable to "Treasurer, State of Missouri" and mailed to: 

    • NTI - Office of College and Career Readiness
      P.O. Box 480
      Jefferson City, MO 65102
    • Please indicate "NTI" and name of teachers(s) on/with the check. (We receive numerous checks at DESE. We want to make sure the payment is applied appropriately.)

• NTI Participant Checklist (Casual dress is acceptable.)

• NTI Agenda 

TEACHER LEADERS

Are you, or do you know of, an experienced career and technical education (CTE) teacher who would like to assist as a teacher leader? This is a five-day commitment. A stipend is paid for teacher leaders and expenses are reimbursed at the state rate. Teacher leaders work with a cohort of 5-7 new teachers throughout NTI. Training and materials are provided. Interested CTE teachers should complete the application when it becomes available.

Teachers who have been retired for more than 3 years are not eligible to serve as a teacher leader. 

TEACHER LEADER APPLICATION (application window is closed at this time)

TCTW is a program from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) that “helps leaders and teachers adopt continuous improvement practices that foster rigorous academic and career pathway curricula, project-based instruction, work-based learning and personalized supports.”   

• Check out the SREB website for more information:  https://www.sreb.org/technology-centers

FY 2024 TCTW Resources

• FY24 TCTW Recipient Guidance
• Curriculum and Instruction Review (CIR) Guide
• Missouri TCTW Grant Handout
• SREB-TCTW Career Pathway Review Guide
• SREB-TCTW Key Practices

FY 2025 TCTW Grant Application

• TCTW Grant Application - application window has closed
  • Application becomes available in March and closes May 15
• FY 2025 TCTW Application Grant Guidance

TCTW Summary Reports

• TCTW 2022-23 School Summary Reports
• TCTW 2021-22 School Summary Reports 
• TCTW 2020-21 School Summary Reports 
• TCTW 2019-20 School Summary Reports
• TCTW 2018-19 School Summary Reports

2023-2024 TCTW Grant Recipients

Contact Lori Brown at 573-526-4900 for further information.

The Career and Technical Education Mentoring Program is offered to new CTE teachers and those teachers returning to the profession after extended absences.  For more information contact Roger Barnes. 

• CTE Mentoring Program Letter
• Mentoring Manual 
• Mentor Mentoring Program Application
• Protégé Mentoring Program Application 
  • All applicants must read the social security number disclosure notice