We believe that effective teachers draw on four essential types of knowledge: effective teachers know their subjects, know the school community they work in, know a variety of pedagogical tools for teaching their subjects, and know their students.

The NTR program is designed to teach these four types of knowledge, and to help candidates answer a set of key questions that are used by effective teachers:

•What do I want the students to know?
• What teaching techniques could I use to achieve these learning goals?
• Which technique best matches these goals and these students?
• Are the students learning what I want them to learn, and how do I know?