Santa Rosa District Schools

Mentor Teacher Program

October 2013

Welcome

Activity Find a Winter, Spring, Summer, & Fall Friend

—write their names on your sheet Video Activity

Find your winter friend—talk about your mentoring experiences

Introduce your winter friend—tell what makes her a great mentor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-1iGmLj6eo

Learning Goal

Mentor Teachers will be able to more effectively apply research-based strategies when working with teachers at their individual school sites.

Mentor Teachers

One out of every five new teachers leaves the teaching profession after only three years.

About 50% leave within the first five years.

A helpful mentor significantly reduced the number who leave during the first year.

(NCES and Staffing Survey, 2000) 

Mentor Teachers

70% of teachers who met with a mentor once a week said their instructional skills improved “a lot” just because of the contact.

(Samuels, 2000)

Mentor Teachers

Student Achievement

High-Quality Teachers/Low-Quality Teachers

3 Consecutive Years

=

50 percentile points

Standardized Tests

(Sanders/Horn, 1994)

Mentor Teachers

Develop a trusting, collegial professional relationship

Help mentees be more productive and effective teachers

Instill a habit of reflective & deliberate practice

The Good Mentor is:

Committed to mentoring role Accepting of novice teacher Skilled at providing instructional support Effective in many interpersonal contexts A continuous learner. Able to communicates hope and optimism.

(Rowley, 1999)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOWSM2rokdw

Roles & Responsibilities

Support New & Struggling Teachers Support Administration in the Teacher

Evaluation Mentor to teachers on Professional

Improvement Plans (optional)

Forms

Mentor Teacher List Mentor Teacher Log Requested Training Guidelines

Deliberate Practice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nxAuynoTUk

Deliberate Practice

How to Model Deliberate Practice in the Classroom

1-Stretching Students 2-Self-Regulation and Goal Setting 3-Self-Observation and Personal Evaluation 4-Feedback Component

Santa Rosa Evaluation

Self-Assessment Reflection PGS

Teacher Evaluation Domain 1 Review of rubric & Resources

Routine Events Video/Consensus

Addressing Content Video/Consensus

Enacted on the Spot Video/Consensus

Teacher EvaluationDomain #2 Planning and Preparing Reflection on Teaching Collegiality and Professionalism

Mentoring Matters!

Mentor Teachers