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Welcome!

Instructional Mentoring: Skills for

Teacher LeadersOnline Course May 2012

Howard County Public Schools

Mentoring is the process by which individuals share their experience, knowledge, and skills with a protégé

to promote their personal and professional growth. Mentoring can also facilitate change, improvement

and professional growth within teaching.

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Leslie Grahn Resource Teacher Office of Professional and Organizational Development

Kym NwosuResource Teacher Early Childhood

Maha Abdelkader Resource Teacher ESOL Office

Corinne GorzoCoordinator, Teacher Development

Office of Professional and Organizational Development

Meet The

Instructors

Gordie PaulusResource Teacher Office of Instructiona Technology

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Overview of Edmodo

7Instructional Mentoring Online Course Structure

Five Sessions Overall course outcomes as well as individual

session outcomes.1 hour online interactive session / exposure to core

content1 hour application activity1 hour supplementary content and reflectionFive Wednesdays in May: 2, 9, 16, 23, 30  4:15-5:15 online ( Synchronous 5 hours) Independent work (Asynchronous 10 hours)

Series OutcomesParticipants will…Understand the supports and resources available

to support non-tenured teachers.Understand the qualities of effective teaching and

how it can be supported.Enhance skills with respect to support of non-

tenured teachers.

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Session 1 Agenda: Welcome and Overview  Why Instructional Mentoring What is Induction?  Effective Teachers

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Getting to Know You1. Your role is primarily:

A. ElementaryB. SecondaryC. Other

2. I have participated in an online course before:A. YesB. No

3. What forms of social networking do you use?(Type in the chat box)

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Our Online Community NormsParticipate fully and take risks.Be open to different perspectives.Maintain confidentiality.Take responsibility for your learning.

Comprehensive Teacher Mentoring COMAR 13A.07.01 Each LEA will:

•Establish a mentoring program as part of its Comprehensive Induction Program

•Identify a cadre of full-time or part-time mentors whose sole responsibilities are to support teachers during their comprehensive induction period (first three years of tenure)

•Establish the maximum ratio of mentors to mentees at one mentor to 15 mentees •Mentors may be assigned school-level administrative duties only on an emergency basis.

•A mentor may not participate in the formal evaluation of a mentee.

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HCPSS Teacher Induction PlanBuild skills in Instructional MentoringContinue to develop resources to support non-

tenured staffEnsure high quality professional learning is

available Differentiate support for novice and veteran non-

tenured staffEnsure site-based support

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Teacher InductionWhat?

Addresses the phases of new teacher development

Period of socialization

A formal program for non-tenured teachers

Why?Increased student

achievementImproved and

accelerated teacher performance

New professional norms of collaboration, ongoing learning and accountability

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Effective Teachers

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Effective TeachersType your response to the following prompts in the chat

box:

What will they be thinking?thinking

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Effective TeachersType your response to the following prompts in the

chat box:

What will they be thinking?What will they be feeling?

feeling

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Effective TeachersType your response to the following prompts in the chat

box:

What will they be thinking?What will they be feeling? What will they be saying?

saying

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Effective TeachersType your response to the following prompts in the chat

box:

What will they be thinking?What will they be feeling? What will they be saying? What will they be doing?

doing

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What connections can you make between the responses and the HCPSS Vision?

sayingthinking

feeling

doing

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Effective Teachers•Engage students in active learning•Create intellectually ambitious tasks•Use a variety of teaching strategies•Assess student learning continuously and adapt teaching to student needs•Create effective scaffolds and supports•Provide clear standards, constant feedback, and opportunities for revising work•Develop and effectively manage a collaborative classroom in which all students have membership

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Next steps: Application ActivityReflection Activity Explain Product optionsQ&A

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Closing activityShare one take-away from today(Use the chat box or the microphone)

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Meet You Online Next Week!Same time, same place.The link to join the online Blackboard Collaborate

session will be on the Edmodo homepage and session 2 page.