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The Pursuit of Excellence Mentoring as Professional Development. League of Innovation for Community Colleges Innovation 2012. Gloria A. Morgan, Associate Dean Diane Clements, Assistant Professor. What is Mentoring.
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The Pursuit of Excellence Mentoring as Professional Development League of Innovation for Community Colleges Innovation 2012 Gloria A. Morgan, Associate Dean Diane Clements, Assistant Professor
What is Mentoring • A partnership between two people who have the desire to learn and grow within their profession. • One person usually has greater skills, wisdom, and experience • Both partners can learn, grow, develop, and improve from this relationship
4 Must Haves in the Relationship • Trust • Respect • Commitment • Confidentiality
Research • Janette Long, Australian Catholic University • Reframe role of mentor to help mentee • Problem solving • Innovation • Leaders within organization • Emphasizes school-wide concerns • Creativity • Professional autonomy with colleagues • Build capacity of self and others • Improve both pedagogy and student learning
Research • Leslie Huling • Since 1980’s increased effort to support and retain novice teachers • Most previous literature—mentee focused • Recently literature—mentor focused • 1986 Study also reflected in current research • 66% of 178 mentor teachers • Professional growth • Intrinsic rewards
Benefits • Professional Competency • Reflective Practice • Renewal • Psychological Benefits • Collaboration • Contribute to Teacher Leadership • Mentoring Combined with Inquiry/Research
Why Participate in Mentoring • Knowledge and skills exchange • Content knowledge • Pedagogy • Teaching and Learning Strategies • Experiential learning • Learning through reflection on your experiences • What are you doing? • Why are you doing it? • How is it working? • Network building • Personal and career growth
Informal Mentoring • A natural mentor/mentee match • More flexible structure • No time limits for specific activities • No evaluation process
Informal Mentoring • Tends to last longer than a formal mentoring relationship • Tends to be more successful than a formal mentoring relationship • Tends to promote caring values, such as respect for students, that are often overlooked in a formal mentoring program
So Who? • Who is the person you are thinking about right now with whom you can develop a mentoring relationship? • How can you help that person? • How can that person help you?
References • “The Role of Teacher Mentoring in Educational Reform, Stan Koki, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning • “Assisting Beginning Teachers and School Communities to Grow Through Extended and Collaborative Mentoring Experiences, Janette Long • “Teacher Mentoring as Professional Development, Leslie Huling, ERIC Development Team
Thank You • Diane Clements Assistant Professor, Monroe Community College dclements@monroecc.edu • Gloria A. Morgan Associate Dean, Genesee Community College gamorgan@genesee.edu