Mentoring Plan

2017-2018

“Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.”

John Crosby

Sean Fry

sfry@ltps.org

Sue Diefenbach

sdiefenbach@ltps.org

Key Aspects of Mentoring

Mentoring involves:

• Coaching and learning

• Includes mutual growth and fulfillment

• Is a two way relationship between mentor and mentee

A Comprehensive District Mentoring Program aims to:• Assist first year teachers in the performance

of their duties and adjustments to the challenges of their teaching assignment

• Reduce novice attrition

• Improve effectiveness of new teachers

• Enhance teacher knowledge and strategies of The New Jersey Student Learning Standards to facilitate student achievement and growth.

EffectivenessHow do we know mentoring is working?

• Mentee is achieving success as a professional staff member with students, staff and community during their first year

• Mentor continues to demonstrate a record of success in the classroom and with colleagues

• Mentor has earned a record of Effective or higher on teacher practice instrument

NJDOE Mentoring Program

• 1 full school year of 1:1 mentoring

• Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 4 weeks-for CEAS certificate mentee

• Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 8 weeks-for CE certificate mentee

• Mentor must lead mentee in guided self-assessment on Danielson

• Mentor must align support to mentee's preparation curriculum (CE)

Mentors: state requirements

• Mentor must have 3 years of teaching experience

• Mentor must earn a summative rating of Effective or Highly Effective on most recent summative evaluation.

• Mentor must keep logs of contact time and submit logs to the Personnel Office once a month

• Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 8 weeks-for CE certificate mentee

• Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 4 weeks-for CEAS certificate mentee

• Mentor must lead mentee in guided self-assessment on Danielson

• All payment transactions handled by Personnel Office

District Mentoring Plan

• District must specify a comprehensive orientation to the district for all new first year teachers

• Specify minimum mentoring requirements during the critical first weeks of employment

• Specify particular mentor support activities for novice teachers

District continued…

• Update the training and experience requirements for teachers serving as 1-1 mentors

• Log for contact time for 1-1 mentor and novice provisional teacher

• Align the three required formative and summative evaluations of the novice provisional teacher with required observations through Achieve NJ

District Requirements:

District Website

MLP Dates

Chief School Administrator (CSA) or Designee

•Prepare district mentoring plan

• Share with BOE

•CSA signs statement of assurance

• Share with ScIP

LTPS ResourcesMeeting focused mentoring requirements :

New Teacher Orientation

Professional Development/MLP

Faculty Meetings

GCN- online trainings

Department and grade level meetings

School Improvement Panel (ScIP)

Principals/Assistant Principals and Supervisors

ScIP(School Improvement Panel)

•Oversees mentoring plan at school level

•Oversees the mentorship of new teachers at the building level

District Administrators

• Provide individualized support developed collaboratively with the teacher and supervisor and aligned with state standards and school/district expectations

Remember to ASK

• Colleagues and/or your mentor

• Leadership Team members (ex. Principal, Assistant Principal, Supervisor, Director)

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