Mentors to Beginning Teachers. The need for a specific Mentor will depend upon who is hired within the school district at large as well as at the school level.
Mentors to Beginning Teachers. The need for a specific Mentor will depend upon who is hired within the school district at large as well as at the school level. 4.) Approved Mentors will remain in full- or part-time positions in their classrooms or departments. This arrangement will help guarantee that Mentors maintain a connection with the daily work of classroom teaching. 5.) Approved Mentors who have been inactive for three (3) or more years may be required to reapply to the program. 5. Mentor Preparation and Support a. During the school year, Mentors will receive support, technical assistance, and professional development. b. Mentors will attend professional development classes monthly for 2 hours after school that will address, but will not be limited to the following topics: 1.) Overview of roles and responsibilities. 2.) Record keeping responsibilities and documentation of activities that are shared with the Mentor Coordinator. 3.) Research on mentoring and questioning techniques to assist Beginning Teachers to think critically about their practice. 4.) Research on teacher development. 5.) Formative and summative student assessment. 6.) Confidentiality and the non-evaluative nature of mentoring. 7.) All new mMentors will attend the introductory mentoring professional development class. 6. Mentor Roles, Responsibilities and Compensation a. The chief role of the Mentor is to offer support and practical advice to Beginning Teachers based on observation of and discussion about experiences related to the Beginning Teachers’ teaching over the course of the year. b. School-based Mentors 1.) School-based Mentors shall have a full or part-time teaching load and work with Beginning Teachers at their own schools as time allows, either before school, during the school day, or after school. School-based Mentors shall have access to professional leave days during the year. Substitutes may be provided for Mentors to enable them to work with or observe their Beginning Teachers. 2.) School-based Mentors will receive an annual differential of $1,000 per semester for mentoring one teacher in their school; $2000 for mentoring one teacher for one year and $4,000 for mentoring two teachers for one year. No more than two teachers can be assigned to a Mentor at one time. 3.) School-based Mentors who are released part-time from their classroom-teaching load will maintain at least a .4 teaching load and receive $500 for a full year for each Beginning Teacher they mentor in compliance with the Mentor respon...
