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Santa Rosa District Schools

Santa Rosa District Schools. Mentor Teacher Program October 2013. Welcome. Activity Find a Winter, Spring, Summer, & Fall Friend—write their names on your sheet Video Activity Find your winter friend—talk about your mentoring experiences

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Santa Rosa District Schools

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  1. Santa Rosa District Schools Mentor Teacher Program October 2013

  2. Welcome • Activity • Find a Winter, Spring, Summer, & Fall Friend—write their names on your sheet • Video • Activity • Find your winter friend—talk about your mentoring experiences • Introduce your winter friend—tell what makes her a great mentor

  3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-1iGmLj6eo

  4. Learning Goal • Mentor Teachers will be able to more effectively apply research-based strategies when working with teachers at their individual school sites.

  5. Mentor Teachers • One out of every five new teachers leaves the teaching profession after only three years. • About 50% leave within the first five years. • A helpful mentor significantly reduced the number who leave during the first year. (NCES and Staffing Survey, 2000)

  6. Mentor Teachers 70% of teachers who met with a mentor once a week said their instructional skills improved “a lot” just because of the contact. (Samuels, 2000)

  7. Mentor Teachers Student Achievement High-Quality Teachers/Low-Quality Teachers 3 Consecutive Years = 50 percentile points Standardized Tests (Sanders/Horn, 1994)

  8. Develop a trusting, collegial professional relationship Help mentees be more productive and effective teachers Instill a habit of reflective & deliberate practice Mentor Teachers

  9. The Good Mentor is: • Committed to mentoring role • Accepting of novice teacher • Skilled at providing instructional support • Effective in many interpersonal contexts • A continuous learner. • Able to communicates hope and optimism. (Rowley, 1999)

  10. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOWSM2rokdw

  11. Roles & Responsibilities • Support New & Struggling Teachers • Support Administration in the Teacher Evaluation • Mentor to teachers on Professional Improvement Plans (optional)

  12. Forms • Mentor Teacher List • Mentor Teacher Log • Requested Training Guidelines

  13. Deliberate Practice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nxAuynoTUk

  14. Deliberate Practice • How to Model Deliberate Practice in the Classroom • 1-Stretching Students • 2-Self-Regulation and Goal Setting • 3-Self-Observation and Personal Evaluation • 4-Feedback Component

  15. Santa Rosa Evaluation • Self-Assessment • Reflection • PGS

  16. Teacher Evaluation Domain 1 • Review of rubric & Resources • Routine Events • Video/Consensus • Addressing Content • Video/Consensus • Enacted on the Spot • Video/Consensus

  17. Teacher EvaluationDomain #2 • Planning and Preparing • Reflection on Teaching • Collegiality and Professionalism

  18. Mentor Teachers Mentoring Matters!

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