OCPS Induction & Mentoring
2018 EDITION: Volume 4 January Issue
Welcome Back! Let the Second Half of the School Year Begin!
Protected and Well Used Mentoring Time
I hope you took time to relax and enjoy family and friends. As we embark upon the second half of the school year, let's take the time to reflect on how far you have come. Engage in a mid-year needs assessment and celebrate success for new skill acquired. As we all enter the rejuvenation phase of our school year continue to carve out protected and well-used mentoring time.
According to Emily Davis, well-developed mentoring programs include:
Contact Time: Protected time is provided for mentors and new teachers to regularly meet with and observe new teachers.
Duration: New teachers are rigorously mentored for at least two years.
Intensity: Mentors spend the majority of their time with new teachers engaged in rigorous mentoring processes that will improve immediate and long-term instruction and student learning.
Time is a vital component to the success of an induction program. In order to make the most use of this rare commodity of time work to:
- Move away from meeting happening occasionally or whenever to sanctioned time for mentor-teacher interactions.
- Move away from mentoring for first-year teachers only to multi-year mentoring.
- Move away from non-specific, emotional or logistical support alone to intensive and specific guidance moving teaching practice forward.
Davis, E. (2014). Making mentoring work.
New Teacher Center (2018). High quality mentoring & induction. https://newteachercenter.org/
January Virtual Session I
Thursday, Jan 10, 2019, 07:30 AM
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Janaury Virtual Session II
Thursday, Jan 10, 2019, 04:30 PM
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Instructional Strategies Spotlight!
Coaching Cycle
Ingrid Diaz-Quintero, Mentor
Laureate Park ES
Research Topics
Ms. Theodoredis helped her new teachers plan for culturally responsive lessons. The mentor researched the topic and located resources to support the topic. As as result of this work with her mentees, Ms. Theodoredis has become more understanding of the their time.
3 Tips to Make Any Lesson More Culturally Responsive
Sadler ES
Resources
High Quality Mentoring and Induction Practices
Exemplary Practices for Mentoring
STEPHANIE BIVINS MCCORMICK
Email: Stephanie.BivinsMcCormick@ocps.net
Website: www.ocps.net
Location: 445 West Amelia Street, Orlando, FL, USA
Phone: (407) 317-3200
Twitter: @Stephanie_BMcCo