Explore Ideas

Insights, tips, and features to help admins, mentors and mentees get more done.

Using Torace

New Torace Features: Fall 2024

Learn about all the NEW features that you can fall in love with!

From the Field

The Torace Innovators Pilot (TIP) Program was created in the spirit of continuing to innovate and expand the ways that “matching” can be used in education and education-adjacent fields. This TIP spotlight features our partnership with the WEA Teacher Residency.

From the Field

TIP Spotlight: SubjectToClimate

From the Field

TIP Spotlight: Mercer University

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Insights

3 Easy Steps for States to Support Educator Pipelines

Take a look at national and state-level data and 3 easy steps states can take right now to support educator pipelines.

Using Torace

New Torace Features: Spring 2024

Learn about all the NEW features that have sprung this spring at Torace!

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From the Field

4 Findings from the Field About Retention

After surveying human resources and school personnel experts, here are 4 high-level learnings about what experts are doing to retain teachers and what they wish they could do to increase retention.

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Insights

Road Map to Driving Better Matches

Let Team Torace guide you on your journey to better matches. Using the analogy of a road trip can help us understand how we get from our goals to our outcomes.

Using Torace

One-Pager Explainer: Custom Messages

The One-Pager Explainer series is a collection of one-page guides that Event Administrators can use to support their work. This guide provides information on utilizing Custom Messages on the Torace platform.

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From the Field

Making the Most of Student Teaching

Check out research from CALDER that shows that better aligned matches, make better teachers.

Insights

It's Time to Realign Your Process

Team Torace surveyed mentees, mentors, and the administrators who make mentorship matches and found a misalignment in what participants want and how processes currently function.

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Insights

Addressing the Educator Shortage from a Different Angle

The educator shortage is a multifaceted issue and one approach to address it is to strengthen the classified staffing pipeline.

From the Field

Higher Ed Students Want Voice & Choice

Team Torace surveyed higher ed students enrolled in various credentialing programs that matched them as part of the learning experience, and here is what they had to say.

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