New teachers and principals frequently face insurmountable red tape, innumerable decisions, unjustifiable busy work, and unfortunately, unrequited politics. Of 11 people who were working on completing required teacher education coursework while teaching, only six were making real progress after a year into the transition program. Course topics from the program's first year as outlined in course syllabi provide a glimpse of the potential consistency of a new educator's "cram session." Since new educators are frequently overwhelmed — even to the point of career change — it seems crucial to look at innovative ways to reverse that trend and provide sustainability. The paper addresses questions such as, "What should be done by the people who are committed to proactively encourage and sustain them?" The paper provides a sustainability checklist as a model to be used or adapted by new teachers, new principals, and their sustainability team.

Dr Rita Hauck has taught in the Departments of Business, Teacher Education, and Technology Studies at Fort Hays State University. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Educational Technology. Prior experience includes teaching in special education and elementary education, with a Bachelor degree in Social Science and a Master of Arts in Education and Special Education from California State University at Los Angeles and a Master of Business Administration from Fort Hays State University. Dr Hauck currently teaches full-time in the Department of Technology Studies at Fort Hays State University.