4.1 Offline Modalities

New teachers mentioned numerous offline modalities, including face-to-face staff meetings, district professional development, teachers lounge conversations, local gatherings of teacher organizations, and many others ways of connecting without the use of the Internet. New teachers often linked experiences in these modalities to their in-school connections (e.g., administrators, colleagues) and assigned supports (e.g., mentor teachers, PLCs). Induction challenges like enacting practice and conflict were often discussed in conjunction to an offline setting.