Common use of Mentor Responsibilities Clause in Contracts

Mentor Responsibilities. a. The mentor shall keep a log of the time devoted to the mentoring process for confirmation to the Administration (see subsection 8). The log of contacts will indicate the dates of contacts, the type of contact, the topic(s) addressed, the time spent and the initials of the mentor and probationary teacher. The log will be submitted to the building principal throughout the school year as mentoring is conducted and must be submitted by May 15 each year for payment of the mentor stipend. Any time spent together before or after the normal school year shall be at the option of the mentor and probationary teacher. Time commitments may change due to revision of state mandates. b. The mentor will attend in-service programs designed to assist the mentor with responsibilities such as cognitive coaching, peer analysis, instructional effectiveness, and time management. The mentor will conduct in-service sessions for the assigned probationary teacher(s) as needed. The minimum of mentor/probationary teacher contacts should be 8 per semester with no less than 1 contact per month. The contacts will include the following activities: Individual conferencing 2-5 Classroom observations (at least 2 per year) 2-3 Group in-service involving the mentor and probationary teacher 1-2 Research shows that the eight most common problems for beginning teachers include: • classroom discipline • planning lessons and class work • motivating students • dealing with students’ individual differences • evaluating student work • dealing with students’ personal problems • relating to parents • coping with a lack of instructional resources It is expected that each of these topics will be reviewed with the probationary teacher during the individual conferences or in- services provided by the mentor teacher.

Mentor Responsibilities. a. The mentor shall keep a log of the time devoted to the mentoring process for confirmation to the Administration (see subsection 8). The log of contacts will indicate the dates of contacts, the type of contact, the topic(s) addressed, the time spent and the initials of the mentor and probationary teacher. The log will be submitted to the building principal throughout the school year as mentoring is conducted and must be submitted by May 15 each year for payment of the mentor stipend. Any time spent together before or after the normal school year shall be at the option of the mentor and probationary teacher. Time commitments commit- ments may change due to revision of state mandates. b. The mentor will attend in-service programs designed to assist the mentor with responsibilities such as cognitive coaching, peer analysis, instructional effectiveness, and time management. The mentor will conduct in-service sessions for the assigned probationary teacher(s) as needed. The minimum of mentor/probationary teacher contacts should be 8 per semester with no less than 1 contact per month. The contacts will include the following activities: Individual conferencing 2-5 Classroom observations (at least 2 per year) 2-3 Group in-service involving the mentor and probationary teacher 1-2 Research shows that the eight most common problems for beginning teachers include: • classroom discipline • planning lessons and class work • motivating students • dealing with students’ individual differences • evaluating student work • dealing with students’ personal problems • relating to parents • coping with a lack of instructional resources It is expected that each of these topics will be reviewed with the probationary teacher during the individual conferences confer- ences or in- in-services provided by the mentor teacher.

Mentor Responsibilities. a. i. The mentor shall keep a log of the time devoted to the mentoring process for confirmation to the Administration (see subsection 8)6). The log of contacts will indicate the dates of contacts, the type of contact, the topic(s) addressed, the time spent and the initials of the mentor and probationary teacher. The log will be submitted to the building principal throughout the school year as mentoring is conducted and must be submitted by May 15 each year for payment of the mentor stipend. Any time spent together before or after the normal school year shall be at the option of the mentor and probationary teacher. Time commitments may change due to revision of state mandates. b. ii. The mentor will attend in-service programs designed to assist the mentor with responsibilities such as cognitive coaching, peer analysis, instructional effectiveness, and time management. The mentor will conduct in-service sessions for the assigned probationary teacher(s) as needed. The minimum of mentor/probationary teacher contacts should be 8 per semester with no less than 1 contact per month. The contacts will include the following activities: ● Individual conferencing 2-5 ● Classroom observations (at least 2 per year) 2-3 ● Group in-service involving the mentor and probationary teacher 1-2 Research shows that the eight most common problems for beginning teachers include: • classroom Classroom discipline • planning Planning lessons and class work • motivating Motivating students • dealing Dealing with students’ individual differences • evaluating Evaluating student work • dealing Dealing with students’ personal problems • relating Relating to parents • coping Coping with a lack of instructional resources It is expected that each of these topics will be reviewed with the probationary teacher during the individual conferences or in- in-services provided by the mentor teacher.

Mentor Responsibilities. a. i. The mentor shall keep a log of the time devoted to the mentoring process for confirmation to the Administration (see subsection 8)6). The log of contacts will indicate the dates of contacts, the type of contact, the topic(s) addressed, the time spent and the initials of the mentor and probationary teacher. The log will be submitted to the building principal throughout the school year as mentoring is conducted and must be submitted by May 15 each year for payment of the mentor stipend. Any time spent together before or after the normal school year shall be at the option of the mentor and probationary teacher. Time commitments may change due to revision of state mandates. b. ii. The mentor will attend in-service programs designed to assist the mentor with responsibilities such as cognitive coaching, peer analysis, instructional effectiveness, and time management. The mentor will conduct in-service sessions for the assigned probationary teacher(s) as needed. The minimum of mentor/probationary teacher contacts should be 8 per semester with no less than 1 contact per month. The contacts will include the following activities: ● Individual conferencing 2-5 ● Classroom observations (at least 2 per year) 2-3 ● Group in-service involving the mentor and probationary teacher 1-2 Research shows that the eight most common problems for beginning teachers include: • ● classroom discipline • ● planning lessons and class work • ● motivating students • ● dealing with students’ individual differences • ● evaluating student work • ● dealing with students’ personal problems • ● relating to parents • ● coping with a lack of instructional resources It is expected that each of these topics will be reviewed with the probationary teacher during the individual conferences or in- in-services provided by the mentor teacher.