Pay it Forward...A Blog Dedicated to Effective Mentoring

Critical questions at the heart of this conversation:

1. How do effective mentors operate in an effort to shape the next generation of effective teachers?

2. What are some of the most important areas of teaching and learning that a mentor can impart on a new teacher?

3. What can districts do to support an effective mentoring program?
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Purpose of the workshop:
1. inform participants about the possible impacts of effective mentors.
2. consider what steps or protocols might be included in district policies that work to the end of retaining effective mentors and new teachers.

Assessments (this is a P / F) workshop. To earn the P
1. Participate in the conversation (whole group & blog)
2. Complete final project
3. Attend all classes (4-Friday we have off!)

Final Project: Due one week after workshop is completed (July 30).

1. Write a letter to your superintendent or principal highlighting strengths and weaknesses of the existing mentor program. It will be up to you decide whether you wish to send it.

Letter will include:

A working knowledge of how the existing protocols operate.
Areas that highlight what works (this is not a bash your district exercise).
Areas that might be improved-informed by the literature and our experiences.
Ideas for how the areas might be improved-again, informed by the literature, context and our experiences.

Length-this is up to you. You need to write a compelling analysis using effective language under girded by convincing sources and experiences. Upon completion, you may either give me a hard copy or simply e-mail it.

Ziegler3025@gmail.com




Sunday, July 18, 2010

HW: Monday PM, Review of the Research

You do not have to post anything for this blog post. This is only to lay out some parameters for your article reading. All of you will be assigned an article or two to read depending on the length. These are for you to keep so please feel free to write on them. In keeping with the EQ's that are at the heart of this workshop, I would like us to read the article in effort to inform how we might answer the EQ's.

1. How do effective mentors operate in an effort to shape the next generation of effective teachers?

2. What are some of the most important areas of teaching and learning that a mentor can impart on a new teacher?

3. What can districts do to support an effective mentoring program?

But also review it for its feasibility, for the context that defines the research, or for any other issues that strike you as significant. There will be a post area in the side bar for each of you to write out your responses to the above prompts. We will also discuss your responses and the ideas presented in a Socratic circle.

Your posts should be up by Monday at 4:30 PM
Be prepared to discuss them on Tuesday AM for about 15 minutes or so.
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