Mentoring Orientation

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Mentoring Orientation

• SCAESIC
• July 22, 2008

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Intended Outcomes of the Mentoring Program

• Increase competence and confidence in new
  teachers
• Increase retention of new teachers
• Promote personal and professional well-being of
  teachers
• Recognition of quality teaching through mentoring

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Roles of the Mentor

• Support
• Encouragement
• Empowerment

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Providing Support

• Phases of Mentoring Partnership
• Initially Becoming comfortable with each other
  establishing trust
• Build partnership
• Enjoy working together sharing ideas
• Mentee becomes more independent

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Establishing Trust

• Accepting of new teacher
• Recognize as a developing professional
• Ensure and keep confidentiality
• Admit your own mistakes

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Build a Partnership

• New teacher begins to feel comfortable and
  questions the way things are asks for
  suggestions
• Classroom observations transparency
• Encourage to find own teaching style

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Empowering

• Mentor encourages independence
• Actively listens to concerns p. 109m
• Guides mentee

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Remembering

• What was your first year like?
• What caused you anxiety?
• Who was helpful to you?

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Responsibilities of the New Teacher

• Prior to first day of school
• make contacts within school - learn school
  procedures
• review IEPs - set up calendar
• student schedules
• organize classroom - establish classroom
  management systems

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Responsibilities of the New Teacher

• First days and weeks of school
• share student accommodations/modifications with
  regular classroom teachers
• student schedules
• collaborate with other teachers

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Timeline and Responsibilities of Mentors

• Meet regularly with mentee - (see mentoring log
  and calendar)
• Additional Inservice Training
• 9/25 - 100-330
• 11/17 - 830-1100
• 1/14 - 830-1100
• 3/11 - 100-330