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Welcome to Mentor Training

Welcome to Mentor Training. ‘Housekeeping Information’. Collaborative Norms. Culture Activity. Divide paper into four quadrants. Use the colored markers to write or draw the following in the four quadrants: An experience from your first year of teaching

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Welcome to Mentor Training

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  1. Welcome to Mentor Training

  2. ‘Housekeeping Information’

  3. Collaborative Norms

  4. Culture Activity Divide paper into four quadrants. Use the colored markers to write or draw the following in the four quadrants: • An experience from your first year of teaching (may represent mentoring you received) • How might you empower a first-year teacher to grow professionally • What do you hope to learn as a mentor • The most supportive act that someone extended to you in your teaching career

  5. Your name • Your school • Your content area or grade level • What you hope to learn as a mentor

  6. Discuss at your table • What types of mentoring, if any, did you receive as a first-year teacher? Was it or was it not beneficial? • What are some effective ways of welcoming a first-year teacher into a school system? How is it done in your district?

  7. Overview of Materials

  8. in the back of manual

  9. The goal of the ND Teacher Support System Mentoring Program The mission of the North Dakota Teacher Support System is to build the capacity of teacher leaders to develop a system of support for effective teachers in every school in our state. p. 4 Page # in Mentor Manual

  10. Famous Pairs With a partner, brainstorm as many “famous pairs” as possible

  11. Responsibilities of p. 6

  12. Ongoing Mentor Training p. 7

  13. What the Mentor program does for you! • For Administrators • For Mentors • For First-year Teachers • For the District p. 8

  14. Mentoring Requirements! • One-on-one Conferences • Observations • Other p. 9

  15. p. 10

  16. Learning Target: 1 Why is mentoring important?

  17. What is the difference between induction and mentoring?

  18. INDUCTION PD Admin Support Planning Time PLC MENTOR

  19. Participation in a mentor program has a positive effect on: • Job satisfaction • Commitment • Retention • Teacher performance • Student achievement Beginning teacher induction: what the data tell us, Ingersoll, 2012 p. 11

  20. Teacher Retention Statistics • 78% of the 2,295 first-year teachers who were mentored in the NDTSS Mentor Program are still teaching in North Dakota as of the spring of 2019. p. 11

  21. Cost Impact • The cost of replacing a teacher is 25-35% of the annual salary and benefit cost (Alliance for Excellent Education, 2014). • It costs districts between $17,000 and $22,000 every time a teacher leaves the profession.(Holdheide & Lachlan-Harche, 2019) p. 11

  22. Strong mentors: • Improve teacher quality – often moving the skill level of a teacher finishing the first year to that of a 4th year teacher (Villar, 2004) • Positively affect student academic gains (Glazerman et. al., 2010, New Teacher Center, 2015) • Benefit veteran teachers through new leadership opportunities and time for professional reflection and development (Villar, 2004) ACE mentor Program, University of Notre Dame p. 11

  23. mentor: an experienced and trusted advisor Merriam-Webster Mentoring

  24. Two categories of support • Psychological • Instruction-related

  25. Four Levels of Questions • One right answer • Several options but one right answer in this school • Consensus on best practice but using best practice requires professional judgment • No consensus on best practice, so our professional judgment and caring about kids and each other is all we have to guide us Barry Sweeny p. 12

  26. Novice teachers are hesitant to request assistance DOUBLE BARRIER TO ASSISTANCE Experienced teachers are reluctant to interfere and/or offer assistance p. 13

  27. ND Century Code 15.1-18.2-05 The Education Standards and Practice Board shall: c. (1) Select and train experienced teachers who will serve as mentors for first-year teachers and assist the first-year teachers with instructional skills development

  28. Remember!! It is important to tell your legislators about the value of the work you do with your first-year teacher if we want this program to continue!

  29. EllenMoir’s p. 14

  30. Chart design suggestion p. 15-19

  31. Phase 1Anticipation • When does it begin? • Characteristics p. 15

  32. Phase 2Survival • Surprise! • Time p. 16

  33. Phase 3Disillusionment • Doubt • Pressures p. 17

  34. Phase 4Rejuvenation • Reorganization • Focus p. 18

  35. Phase 5Reflection • Frustrations • Celebrations • Looking Ahead p. 19

  36. Yes! I can! Back to . . . Anticipation p. 19

  37. Act out the Phases • In 3 minutes, with the same group, come up with actions to demonstrate your phase

  38. All the phases in under 2 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebtGRvP3ILg

  39. Culture Activity Quadrant 1 Which phase is represented by your experience as a first-year teacher?

  40. A Mentor Is . . . p. 21-23

  41. Save the Last Word Strategy - groups of three • Choose a timekeeper • Read the article • Identify the most significant idea • Participant A - read that part to others, no comments • All - pause to think • Participant B - one minute to respond • Participant C - one minute to respond • Participant A – one minute to state why part was chosen and build on what he/she heard from others • Repeat cycle for other members until all have had a turn p. 21-23

  42. A Mentor is . . . Important to remember Interesting ideas Questions that come to mind p. 21-23

  43. Qualities that Lead to Successful Mentoring p. 24

  44. As a mentor, what do I predict . . . p. 25

  45. Mentor Roles • Resource • Problem Solver • Advocate • Facilitator • Coach • Collaborator • Learner • Assessor • Trusted Listener • Teacher New Teacher Center p. 26

  46. Culture Activity Quadrant 2 How might you empower a first-year teacher to grow professionally?

  47. “What we do for new teachers, we do for their students.” Marcy Yoshida

  48. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nwu9PJkUf8

  49. Use an Index Card to answer these questions 1. One thing you probably have in common with MOST people here today 2. One thing you probably have in common with SOME people here today 3. One thing that is UNIQUE about you

  50. Reminder: Everything you need to know is in the Mentor Manual Requirements of all participants Mentor Requirements Due date reminders will be in the TSS Coordinator’s Monthly Newsletter 50 50

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