ATLAS (Accomplished Teaching, Learning, and Schools)

ATLAS is an online case library containing examples of 'accomplished teaching' practice delivered by National Board Certified Teachers. The intervention targets preservice and early career teachers of mathematics and science in Grades 3-6. In institutions of higher education, undergraduate students (preservice teachers) use ATLAS with their teacher preparation course instructors through a facilitated four-part cycle (Motivate, Construct, Apply, Follow Up). In local education agencies, first- and second-year teachers (early career teachers) use ATLAS as part of their job-embedded induction experience with mentor teaching staff. Each ATLAS case consists of classroom video recordings and written teacher commentary explaining lesson rationale, instructional choices, and student interactions. Cases are searchable by content, topic, grade level, and alignment to academic standards or teaching frameworks. The intervention requires guided facilitation aligned to edTPA (for preservice teachers) or district evaluation rubrics (for early career teachers), with facilitators being teacher preparation faculty or district instructional coaches/mentors.