Mentors assigned to first, second, and third year teachers will engage in activities that demonstrate best practice teaching while learning about the role of a mentor.  Using cooperative learning, multiple intelligences, and an array of instructional strategies, facilitator Annette Smitley will explain and model how to best meet the needs of new teachers.  Effective Mentoring will focus on mentor expectations, coaching models, social styles, reflective questioning techniques, and observations. Mentors can expect to walk away with strategies for effective mentoring, logs, questions to guide their coaching, and a myriad of teaching tips, including Spence Rogers´ book titled Teaching Tips. 

 

Workshop Topics: 

·         Definition of a Mentor

·         Role, Expectations, and the Law

·         Coaching Models and Social Styles

·         Reflective Questioning Strategies

• Observation Cycle:  Pre-conference, Observation, Post-Conference