Mentoring Model: Mentor Professional Development
Supporting new teachers is complex and demanding work, and rarely intuitive. Exemplary classroom educators do not always become outstanding teacher educators. Veteran teachers stepping forward to mentor beginning colleagues need time, careful training, and ongoing support to develop new skills and understandings that will enable them to become talented teachers of teachers. In response to the belief that strong mentor professional development is essential, the New Teacher Center offers a menu of trainings from which educational organizations can choose to support the growth of mentors, coaches, supervisors, master teachers, consultant teachers, principals, and coordinators of induction programs. The trainings are offered regionally on selected dates throughout the year on a per-participant enrollment basis. NTC trainings are also available to school districts, universities, and other educational entities on a contractual basis.
For those organizations seeking a comprehensive scope and sequence of mentor training, the NTC offers a Mentor Academy series. The NTC is also available for consultations to support induction program development and implementation.
| NTC Mentor Academy Series: YEAR ONE |
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Mentor Academy 1 – Foundations in Mentoring & Formative Assessment:
Fundamental knowledge, skills and understandings critical for those who work with beginning teachers
Mentor Academy 2 – Coaching and Observation Strategies:
Collection of observation data related to professional teaching standards and ways data can be shared to improve new teacher instructional practice
Mentor Academy 3 – Analysis of Student Work:
Principles of adult learning and strategies in coaching new teachers as they use student work to guide instructional planning
Mentor Academy 4 – Planning and Designing Professional Development for New Teachers:
Strategies to help bring new teachers together for meaningful + responsive learning
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| NTC Mentor Academy: YEAR TWO |
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Mentor Academy 5 – Coaching in Complex Situations:
Mentor formative assessment and building mentor capacity to engage successfully in difficult coaching conversations with beginning teachers
Mentor Academy 6 – Mentoring for Equity:
Framework for mentoring beginning teachers regarding issues of race, language, and culture within the context of the professional teaching standards
Mentor Academy 7 – Artifacts of Practice:
Analysis of data of practice related to mentor formative assessment and programmatic improvement
Mentor Academy 8 – Teachers of Teachers:
Concepts and strategies to build mentor leadership skills to influence, impacts and advocate for induction
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(From the NTC website: www.newteachercenter.org)
