Comprehensive Guide to the CRESC NT Mentoring Program

1. Welcome CRESC NT Mentoring Program Overview for District and Building Contacts

2. Goals For Today Understand what is expected from: • CRESC NT Mentoring Program • Novice Teachers • District and Building Level Contacts

3. What Can You Expect from the NTM Program? CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides: • Resources • Training • Assistance • Support including Building Level Contacts for Novice Teachers in the mentoring program Overview Summary

4. CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides • Novice Teacher Mentoring Orientation Face-to-Face at each district • Information about CRESC including resources and support available • CRESC Novice Teacher Mentoring Three-Year Program • A variety of avenues for PD Training, at the Co-op and onsite at districts.

5. CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides • TESS 2.0 (formerly Law and Process) with choice of venue at Co-op or district • Work to incorporate specific needs of district including alternate evaluation plan TAP • A variety of online resource collections through BloomBoard’sonline platform • Facilitated online Monthly Reflection Rooms • NTs with one-hour of Digital Learning PD credit for correctly submitted responses

6. CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides • A facilitated ongoing online Discussion Board with weekly topic support. • Individual NT support as needed including services of CRESC Content Area Specialists • A copy of Charlotte Danielson’s Book Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching

7. CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides • Teacher Excellence Support System (TESS) Smart Card and online ADE TESS Resources • AR TESS Self-Assessment Survey - Including online Pre and Post surveys • TAP Evaluation support to specific district • Organization of onsite District and Building Level systems of support at each district

8. NTs Need Information about the Co-op What is the Crowley’s Ridge Educational Service Cooperative ? NT Handout 1 – Crowley’s Ridge Educational Service Cooperative

9. CRESC Crowley’s Ridge Educational Service Cooperative Crowley’s Ridge Educational Service Cooperative is usually called The Co-op. The Co-op is located in Harrisburg. It is one of 15 regional education cooperatives in Arkansas. We have 22 school districts with nearly 3,100 teachers in our co-op area. The Co-op provides professional development (PD) for educators throughout the school year and the summer. Most PD is provided free of charge to educators in our Co-op area. CRESC NTsare eligible for free PD and other services.

10. Additional Co-op Services The Co-op provides services from the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) through content area specialists housed there. Literacy Specialists: Primary, Elementary, and Secondary Mathematics Specialists: Elementary and Secondary Science Specialist: K-12 Gifted and Talented Specialist: K-12 The Co-op also has Special Education LEAs Technology Coordinator

11. Teacher Center Workroom The co-op provides a workroom where teachers can make and take instructional items for their classroom. Teachers may also order items to be made and sent to their schools for nominalfee. Bulletin Board cut outs – Both Seasonal and Thematic items Laminating services are also available The workroom is open M-F 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P. M. For more information call the Co-op at 870-578-5426.

12. Surprising Stats Here are some facts that I thought were surprising about the Novice Teachers in the Crowley’s Ridge Co-op area.

13. The New Educator Registry July 17 31 Novice Teachers July 24 57 Novice Teachers August 4 85Novice Teachers August 15 131Novice Teachers August 21 202Novice Teachers August 28 210 Novice Teachers

14. Alternative Certification Of the 210 NTs currently in the CRESC Program, 63NTs are from Alternative Certification programs. That is almost a third are from alternative certification programs. Note: Alternative Certification does NOT include teachers hired by Waivers. So, what are Alternative Certification Programs?

15. Alternative Certification APPELArk. Professional Pathway to Educator Licensure ATC Arkansas Teacher Corps PPTLProvisional Professional Teaching License TTT Troops to Teachers TFATeach for America ABCTEAmerican Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence MAT, M.ED, MTLL Masters of Arts in Teaching, Masters of Ed., Masters of Teaching, Learning, & Leadership For information contact: Jeff Dryer, ADETeacher Recruitment and Retention Program

16. Goals for the NT Mentoring Program 2017-2020 • To provide resources and support to assist Novice Teachers in becoming effective teachers. • To increase the number of Novice Teachers that remain in the field of teaching.

17. Changes to Mentoring 2017 Arkansas has made significant changes to mentoring in the past year. • Mentoring is no longer one-to-one. • NTs are no longer required to meet with mentors for specific periods of time. • NTs are no longer required to complete specific units of study or Modulesto submit to the state. • Novice Teacher are required to present documentation to their mentoring program and to their districts.

18. CRESC NT Mentoring Plan The CRESC NT Mentoring Plan is a 3-Year plan. Teachers who began teaching in August 2017 will continue in the mentoring program until May 2020. Some of our NTs are in non-traditional certification programs and began their teaching career in fall 2015 or 2016. These NTs are completing their 3-year mentoring requirement in the new CRESC program. So, even though this is Year 1 for the CRESC NT Mentoring program, we will have a few teachers in Year 2 andYear 3 this year.

19. Three Year Plan What does the CRESC 3-Year NT Mentoring Plan Look Like? NT Handout 2 pages 1-3

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23. Teacher Excellence Support System The Teacher Excellence Support System (TESS) Mentoring provides resources for NTs for TESS support. As part of the Orientation, NTs will receive a copy of the TESS Smart Card and a copy of Charlotte Danielson’s book, Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework For Teaching. TESS Resources will be available in BloomBoard as well as on the ADE Website.

24. TESS Self-Assessment NT TESS Self-Assessment This will give teachers a preview of the self-assessment they will take in EdReflect prior to creating their PGP. Data from a pre and post self-assessment will allow us to track progress as the year progresses.

26. BloomBoard CRESC will use BloomBoard as the online Professional Development Platform for NTs. NTs will receive an invitation to join the CRESC NT Mentoring Hub Space. NTs who already have a BloomBoardaccount with their district will continue to sign in with district email address. They will see a second choice the CRESC NT Mentoring Programin their account. NTs whoare not members of BloomBoardwith their district will receive a free account through CRESC.

27. NT Mentoring Resources Current Resource Collections • Back to School Resources • Lesson Planning Resources • Classroom Management Resources • Novice Teacher Quest Resources Journey 1 – Starting Right: Building Respect and Rapport • Novice Teacher Quest Resources Journey 2 - Coming Soon • ADE Resources TESS Component

28. NT See Handout 3 Bloomboard Discussion Board and Reflection Rooms

29. Discussion Board The Discussion Board is accessed through the Discussion Tab at the top of the Bloomboardpage. The Discussion Board is an ongoing discussion for NTs to share ideas, discuss problems, and support each other. Each week a topic will be posted that may relate to the current discussion or another topic. NTs are expected to be regular participants in the Discussion Board with at least weekly participation.

30. Reflection Rooms Each month a Reflective Question prompt will be posted. All NTs are REQUIRED to post in the following four ways in the appropriate Reflection Room. • Attachment: Type and save the prompt, theirresponse, theirname, and date in a document. Save the document in the appropriate Reflection Room. • Posted Response: Copy the response from the attachment so that others may read it. • Comment: Take part in the reflection discussion by commenting on at least three (3) other teachers posts. • Evidence of Participation: Provide a copy of their response to their Building Contact in the manner determined by theirdistrict.

31. Analytics BloomBoardhas an analytic feature that allows us to create reports by number, percent, or names of NTs who are participating or not participating in: Discussion Board Weekly participation is expected Reflective Prompts Monthly Participation is Required Resource Collections Use as needed

32. What is Expected from Novice Teachers? • Attend NT Orientation at their district • Respond as required in the monthly Reflection Rooms. • Provide documentation of NT Mentoring to their building contact in the manner determined by district. • Participate in the ongoing Discussion Boardweekly. • Use resources in BloomBoard as needed or as recommended or by Building or District Contact. • Stay in contact with theirBuilding Contact. • Ask for help when it’s needed • Accept help with it’s offered.

33. Required NT Orientation Orientation is Face-to-Face meeting at NTs District Approximately 50 minutes • CRESC Information including rescources available • Explain the CRESC NT Mentoring 3-Year program • Sign-up BloomBoard account and online resources • TESS Smart Card – Online Resources • Copy of Charlotte Danielson’s Frameworks for Teaching • TESS Self Assessment Survey link provided

34. More About NTs At the Orientation we ask the NTs to tell us more about themselves. NT Handout 4 NTs are asked to complete Handout 4 and turn it in before they leave.

35. Quick Quiz • How often are NTs requiredto submit Reflective Responsesin BloomBoard? Once a month • How often are NT expected to participate in the ongoing discussion board on BloomBoard? Once a week • How often and in what manner are NTs required to provide documentation to their Building Contacts? District decision

36. What Is Expected of District and Building Level Contacts

37. District Contacts • Provide support to Building level contacts • Provide support to all NTs in district • Work with Building Contacts to be sure NT are participating and are getting the resources they need. • ADE may contact district for documentation of NT Mentoring Stipend: $200 per Semester The Co-op will send W9’s to District Contact District Contact distributes W9’s to Building Contacts

38. Building Contacts • Serve as the NTs onsite contact • Provide Support for NTs • Collect and maintain NT documents in the manner determined by the district i.e. monthly reflection response • Remind teachers of NT Mentoring resources on BloomBoard. Notify co-op if additional or specific resources are needed. • ADE may contact district for documentation of NT Mentoring Stipend: $250 per Semester Provided there at least two NTs at building Return W9’s to Co-op before payment of stipend.

39. Questions? Are there any questions about what is Required or what is expected of: • CRESC NT Mentoring Program? • Novice Teachers? • District and Building level contacts? Contact: scoburn@crmail.k12.ar.us Cell: 870-838-3487 Thank you!!