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Mentoring new teachers NSWSDPA Annual Conference Bathurst, August 2018. Tim Perkins Senior Lecturer in Education. Who am I? 1991 - 2008 Primary Teacher (DEC, CEO, Independent, Alternative in Sydney and UK) 2006 - 2009 University tutor - USyd, UTS, ACU, Notre Dame
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Mentoring new teachers NSWSDPA Annual Conference Bathurst, August 2018 Tim Perkins Senior Lecturer in Education
Who am I? • 1991 - 2008 Primary Teacher (DEC, CEO, Independent, Alternative in Sydney and UK) • 2006 - 2009 University tutor - USyd, UTS, ACU, Notre Dame • 2010 - 2018 Senior Lecturer @ Notre Dame • PhD Candidate USyd - Mentoring to alleviate Maths Anxiety in preservice teachers • 2018 Cut Through Coaching & Consulting • 2 kids Year 10 and Year 12 • Wife is a Primary Visual Arts Specialist • Education is my world!
odysseus & Telemachus @CutThroughHQ
Who played that role for you? Mr Townsend @CutThroughHQ
What were the characteristics and traits of Mr Townsend? @CutThroughHQ
surviving - thriving why do our new teachers need mentoring? @CutThroughHQ
Why mentor? providing an environment where new teachers: • have the opportunity to observe best practice • have time to plan • feel less overwhelmed • feel safe to take risks • feel comfortable to show vulnerability • receive feedback and have the opportunity to reflect • have increased wellbeing and effectiveness @CutThroughHQ
What is the new teacher mentoring process in place at your school? @CutThroughHQ
What gets in the way of us playing the role of Mr Townsend? @CutThroughHQ
do we possibly confuse accreditation support with mentoring? @CutThroughHQ
Idiosyncratic or Systematic? @CutThroughHQ
Are we more task oriented or relationship oriented? @CutThroughHQ
‘personising’ • Ed Schein, Leadership & Managament guru • Leadership podcast @CutThroughHQ
Are we more focussed on doing rather than being? @CutThroughHQ
Deputies are the biggest ‘doers’ in the school. @CutThroughHQ
What are the key characteristics of a great mentor and a great mentoring relationship? @CutThroughHQ
Desire to mentor - to give back to and develop the profession • Time • Emotional Intelligence • opportunity for mentee to select mentor • foregrounding the needs of the mentee • system requirements @CutThroughHQ
What are the perils of not mentoring new teachers? What does this cost your school? @CutThroughHQ
The department’s 5C model of school-based induction • Customised • Connections • Context • curriculum • classroom @CutThroughHQ
https://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/beginning-teachers-support-funding-policyhttps://education.nsw.gov.au/policy-library/policies/beginning-teachers-support-funding-policy @CutThroughHQ
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