NCEES Online Tool Teacher Tutorial Four Mentor Responsibilities

1. NCEES Online ToolTeacher Tutorial Four Mentor Responsibilities

2. Mentor Responsibilities • OVERVIEW • If you are a designated mentor, your responsibilities are to: • Offer advice regarding development of PDP goals • Assist with monitoring progress toward meeting the goals • Participate in the BT’s conference when it is reviewed (optional) • Enter comments on the mid-year and end-of-year pages (required) • Authenticate the PDP prior to each teacher/administrator review conference (required) • Remember to ALWAYS save your work after entering data prior to closing out of the NCEES system.

3. PDP – Mentor Access Your administrator must first designate you as the mentor by entering your name on your mentee’s PDP. Only an administrator can designate a mentor by clicking on the Select Mentor Name drop-down field.

4. PDP – Mentor Access • To access your mentee’s PDP: • Click on More… • Then click on Rubric for Observing Teachers • This will take you to the Rubric for Observing screen.

5. PDP – Mentor Access At the Rubric for Observing screen, you will see the names of the beginning teachers that you have been assigned to mentor. If your mentee is not listed, contact your administrator to be sure that s/he has entered your name as the mentor on your mentee’s PDP. Click on your mentee’s PDP to access it.

6. PDP – Mentor Review • You do not have the ability to enter or edit data on a mentee’s PDP. Consult with your mentee to be sure that s/he has entered “smart” goals. Be sure each row addresses a single goal. For each goal the mentee should complete: • Activities/Actions • Expected Outcomes and Evidence of Completion • Resources Needed • Timeline

7. PDP – Mentor Authentication You must authenticate that you have reviewed the plan with your mentee before the mentee meets with the administrator. Click on the Mentor’s Signature box. A pop-up will require you to enter your personal password. Click on Authenticate.

8. PDP – Mentor Mid and End of Year Review Click on the Mid-Year Review or End-of-Year Review tab to view your mentee’s draft descriptors of evidences toward meeting the goals.

9. PDP – Mentor Mid and End of Year Review Review your mentee’s draft Evidence of Progress Toward Specific Standards of Elements to be Addressed/Enhanced in Section C of the Mid-Year and Section E of the End-of-Year pages. You are not able to edit your mentee’s work.

10. PDP – Mentor Enters Comments You must review and enter comments PRIOR to the teacher’s administrator conference. After reviewing the mentee’s draft evidences, enter your comments in Section D of the Mid-Year or Section G of the End-of-Year pages. When you click on the Mentor’s Signature box, you will be prompted to authenticate by entering your personal password.

11. You have completed Teacher Tutorial Four Mentor Responsibilities Teacher Tutorial One: Getting Started Teacher Tutorial Two: Self-Assessment and Printing Documents Teacher Tutorial Three: Professional Development Plan Teacher Tutorial Four: Mentor Responsibilities Teacher Tutorial Five: Classroom Observations Teacher Tutorial Six: Peer Observations Teacher Tutorial Seven: Summary Rating Sheet