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TORACE FOR EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS

 

 

 

 

# Future-Ready Teachers Start with Smart Placement

Research shows that well-matched placements drive teacher readiness and improve retention. Torace helps districts and educator prep programs collaborate to build a stronger, more sustainable educator workforce.

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![An older female cooperating teacher is mentoring a young Asian female student teacher attending an educator preparation program.](https://www.torace.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Fall%20Student%20Teaching.png?width=960&height=960&name=Fall%20Student%20Teaching.png)

## **Who Can Use Torace?**

### Faculty & Staff

Torace gives access to up-to-date information on participant interests and needs.

- Learn what your students want and need
- Expand your qualified mentor pool
- Use collected data to inform learning topics and modules
- Create stronger career pipelines

### Program Administrators

Track mentors and mentees as they move through the match process. 

- Save time and simplify logistics
- Make better aligned matches based on data
- Collect consistent data for program improvement
- Collaborate easily with district and school partners

### Participants

Mentees and mentors gain more voice and choice in the match process.

- Participants express their interests through event profiles
- For events that use preferences, participants review and star favorite matches
- Participants can be both a mentee and mentor in different events

### District Partners

District and school staff can collaborate to develop stronger career pipelines.

- Gain insight into staff interest in teacher leadership
- Easily manage the mentor approval process
- Collaborate with EPPs to align matches to hiring needs and opportunities

> ### The Torace platform was user friendly and easy to navigate. The questions that were asked helped to pair me with the perfect mentor.
> 
> 
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> **Chasity Jackson**
> 
> *7th Grade Life Science Teacher*

## What Can Torace Support?

![epp-Educator Preparation Programs](https://www.torace.com/hubfs/epp-Educator%20Preparation%20Programs.png)

- Collect information about what your students want from a match
- Grow your pool of qualified mentors
- Make better aligned matches informed by data
- Collaborate within and across departments

![epp-apprenticeships](https://www.torace.com/hubfs/epp-apprenticeships.png)

- Easily collaborate with district and school partners
- Collect information about mentors and mentees to make strong matches
- Extract data for compliance and accountability reporting
- Grow and scale your program with ease

![epp-principal certification](https://www.torace.com/hubfs/epp-principal%20certification.png)

- Increase candidate satisfaction with mentorship matches
- Expand opportunities to connect people in the profession
- Improve training and learning experiences
- Grow your mentor pool

![epp-new teacher](https://www.torace.com/hubfs/epp-new%20teacher.png)

- Learn what new teachers want and need to grow
- Easily recruit and screen mentors
- Improve retention in the field
- Enhance career satisfaction

![epp-teacher development](https://www.torace.com/hubfs/epp-teacher%20development.png)

- Learn teachers’ strengths and growth areas
- Better understand what teachers want from professional development
- Match teachers to mentors or professional development modules

![epp-school counseling](https://www.torace.com/hubfs/epp-school%20counseling.png)

- Collect information about what your students want from a match
- Make better aligned matches informed by data
- Use different match ratios to provide a variety of matches and experiences

## How Does Torace Work?

In just 5 easy steps, maximize the impact of every placement!

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- **Create an Event**
  
  Enter basic information to create an event and upload email addresses of potential participants.
- **Invite Participants**
  
  Send email invitations. Participants accept and complete an event profile or decline.
- **Review Lists & Profiles**
  
  Track interest in your event. If screening, assigned approvers review profiles and make determinations.
- **Learn Preferences**
  
  Enable preferences to allow participants to review options and star favorites.
- **Make Matches**
  
  Experiment with pairings and make matches. When ready, send email notifications.

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## Key Features

See what the Torace matching platform looks like.

![The Torace event dashboard displaying winter student teaching placements.](https://20417099.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/20417099/hubfs/Key%20Features-Simplified%20Logistics-2.png?width=1200&length=1200&name=Key%20Features-Simplified%20Logistics-2.png)

**Simplified Logistics**

●  Use Torace or your own email to send invitations and match notifications at any time

●  Track participants at all stages of the event from invitation to finalized matches

●  Determine approval processes (if used) for mentors and mentees separately

●  Designate mentor approvers by site

![The Torace matching page showing matched, notified, and staged mentees and mentors.](https://20417099.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/20417099/hubfs/Key%20Features-Effortless%20Matching-1.png?width=1200&length=1200&name=Key%20Features-Effortless%20Matching-1.png)

**Effortless Matching**

●  View eligible, unmatched pairs in your staging area

●  Filter, search, and sort in your pools to stay focused

●  Access profiles and preferences to enhance decision making

●  Match up to three mentees to a single mentor to leverage resources

![Torace Add New Participant and Change Event Stages screens showing how flexible the Torace platform is.](https://20417099.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/20417099/hubfs/Key%20Features-Flexibility%20Throughout-2.png?width=1200&length=1200&name=Key%20Features-Flexibility%20Throughout-2.png)

**Flexibility Throughout**

●  Add participants via csv upload, copy and paste, or one-at-a-time

●  Toggle registration open and closed

●  Manage access to preferences for mentors and mentees separately

●  Update your customized invitation and match email messages

![Torace Mentor Event Profile showing the information and notes for a mentor in the Torace system.](https://20417099.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hub/20417099/hubfs/Key%20Features-Enhanced%20Insights-1.png?width=1200&length=1200&name=Key%20Features-Enhanced%20Insights-1.png)

**Enhanced Insights**

●  Monitor interest in your event by subject, grade, site and pool to cultivate participation

●  Learn about participants’ professional characteristics and working styles from their profiles

●  Support pairing decisions by opting to use preferences

●  Export your event data to a spread sheet for additional analysis on stages, yields and matches

## Featured Posts

 

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FROM THE FIELD

 

###### How to Improve Your Clinical Practice Grade

Learn how to improve your clinical practice grade by understanding the grading process and criteria.

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INSIGHTS

 

###### Making the Best Matches

Download this ebook and learn 4 strategies that you can implement now to help you make the best matches.

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FROM THE FIELD

 

###### TIP Spotlight: Mercer University

This Torace Innovators Pilot (TIP) Program spotlight features our partnership with Mercer University.

[Read Blog](https://torace.com/article/tip-spotlight-mercer-university?hsLang=en)

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Torace is the only mentorship matching platform built specifically for schools and educator prep programs—replacing spreadsheets and guesswork with a smarter, faster way to place student teachers and connect them with ideal mentors. By making better matches from the start, Torace helps districts fill vacancies with homegrown talent, reduces teacher turnover, and gives mentorship systems a practical edge through built-in training and actionable staffing insights.

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