POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Roles Sample Clauses

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES Roles. 1. Mentor - The mentor role is of great significance in the school organization. The District recognizes the importance of the role of the mentor and strives to select experienced, tenured teachers who have demonstrated an understanding of the art and craft of teaching. The committee realizes that the mentor can ease the transition of any teacher, experienced, or inexperienced, to a new school, a new District, and a new community. Mentors lend support and encouragement to the new teacher, providing an open door policy in teaching, so that no first year teacher has to work in isolation. The unique relationship between the mentor and the new teacher grows out of the needs of the teacher and the District. The mentor and new teacher need a working relationship in which both can grow and learn from each other. In the beginning, MCS/Miiford Teachers ’Association Contract - 2011-2013 Page 10 the mentor and the new teacher have to establish trust. The mentor must help the new teacher create a safe, confidential environment necessaiy for honest exchanges to take place. In this collegial relationship, a mentor may help with curriculum needs, building procedures, classroom procedures or District policies. The mentor and new teacher have the freedom to develop a working relationship beneficial to both of them. Roles and Responsibilities of the Mentor The mentor will: ■ Participate in all training sessions ■ Discuss program goals and objectives with the new District teachers * Respect confidentiality with new District teachers at all times ■ Ease the transition for new District teachers ■ Inform the Principal of all goals and activities ■ Hold weekly meeting(s) with new District teachers (minimum of once per week) ■ Serve as a resource person on all topics within their realm of expertise ■ Serve as a role model and professional support person to assist new District teachers in all aspects of adjustment to their new teaching position ■ Arrange the classroom visitations for both new District teacher and mentor with the intent of sharing various instructional techniques for beginning teachers ■ Coordinate release time for new teachers with the Principal ■ Participate in evaluation of the Mentor Program and make suggestions for improvements ■ Seek aid of the Principal if serious conflicts arise between mentor and new District teacher
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