TEACHER MENTORING WORK

GROUP

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

OUTCOMESBy the end of the meeting, participants

will:

Understand the purpose of the workgroup and the importance of their contribution;

Examine current mentoring practices for new teachers and explore additional possibilities within HCPSS;

Determine next steps in the Teacher Mentor for Teacher Leader series.

AGENDA Welcome Workgroup Updates People Bingo Teacher Mentoring Support in HCPSS Next Steps for “Teacher Mentoring for

Teacher Leader” series Closure

TEACHER INDUCTION INITIATIVES

Teacher Development Liaisons On-going professional Learning- new2hc

wiki New Teacher Wiki Mentoring Supports

Teacher Mentoring Work Group Purpose Role

PEOPLE BINGO

SMALL GROUPS Corinne, Karen, Maha, Bev

Leslie, June, LeeAnn, Cheryl, Stephanie M.

Sandra, Alicia, Kim K., Joyce, Jenny M.

Shannon, Geordie, Missie, Claire

Juliann, Jenny N., Stephanie H., Kym N.

TEACHER MENTORING SUPPORTS IN HCPSS Read “Focus on Instructional Practice”

Examine this reading to provide a grounding in Instructional Mentoring. Discuss reactions.

Work in small groups Share current Teacher Mentoring practices Brainstorm possibilities Record ideas on poster

Gallery Walk

Debrief

SUMMARY OF FEEDBACK 78 attended 47% completed feedback form 86% rated content of course as a 4 or 5 Delivery of Course

Well Organized Best training I’ve been too in a while Facilitators were knowledgeable Activities and discussion were good Great tools and resources

Changes Timing (more or less) More on Coaching How to help teachers to discover on their own Same materials used that were used in past to training

WHAT’S NEXT IN SERIES Small groups

Refer back to Mentoring Support in HCPSS poster Select two topics that could be developed into a

workshop for Teacher Leaders Complete form to describe ideas

CLOSURE Think of 3-5 words to describe what you

are looking forward to about being a part of this Teacher Mentoring Work Group.

Next MeetingOctober 20th

THANK YOU!

“There must be a connectedness among persons, each with a sense of urgency, each with a project. And there must be a capacity to imagine, to think of things as if they could be otherwise.”

Maxine Green, “From Jagged Landscapes to Possibility,” 2006