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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
Sue Diefenbach
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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