Training Sessions:
Attributes of a Quality Mentor High-Performance Mentors
* Smart Start: What are My Qualities as a Mentor Teacher?
* Dendrite Presentation (Saved in your folder.)
How can you share your experiences and knowledge with New Teachers?
* Project: Coupon Book
Share two coupon ideas with your Level Mentors.
* Project: System Protégé Notebook
Use this Rubric to create a digital System Protégé Notebook with the help of your Level
Mentors. Give a digital copy to Louise.
What is required in Phase II, Internship?
What are the Qualities of the Marvelous Mentor?
* Project: Pamphlet
Use this Rubric, resources below and your Level Mentors to design a System Pamphlet.
* The Good Mentor: Educational Leadership
* The Mettle of a Mentor: National Staff Development Council
* Helpful Hints for a Mentor Teacher: GaDOE (pages 4-7)
* Qualities of the High-Performance Mentor Teacher by J.B. Rowley
* Helping Novices Learn to Teach by Sharon Feiman-Nesmer
* Strategies to Help Beginning Teachers
What is your Mentoring Approach?
* Print and complete The Mentor Teacher Beliefs Inventory. Score your answers and identify your mentor approaches.
* Read about your Mentoring Approaches.
* Discuss your findings with your Level Mentors.
Reflections: Template
Describe a situation when you may need to use an approach that is not your dominate style.
Print and file in your notebook.
More information:
* Time Crunchers Reported by New Teachers
* Missed Session Assignments: Be sure to label all with name and session.
1. Send an email to a classmate describing one of the items included in your coupon book.
Copy your instructor on this message.
2. Send an email to your instructor describing the organization of your New Teacher notebook.
Send an email to a classmate and attach at least 2 items you are including in your notebook.
Copy your instructor on this message.
3. Design a pamphlet for recruiting New Mentors to the school system. Be sure to print and
complete the rubric. Submit the digital and hardcopy pamphlet to your instructor along with the rubric.
4. Create a way to address one of the Time Crunchers Reported by New Teachers. Submit to the
instructor.
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