Month Mentor Topics Resources Principal Responsibilities March/April Mentor Compliance Mentor Compliance To-Do’s: Continue to meet regularly with your Check in with mentors regarding new mentee educator needs such as CSAP Mentor/Mentee Suggested Activities administration and progress reports. Mentor/Mentee Suggested Activities Tips: VIDEO: A Sample Post-Conference Continue observing one another’s As you interview candidates for the Mentor/Mentee Conversation classrooms upcoming school year, begin thinking Ensure that mentee is prepared to about teachers who could possibly be Educational Leader Resources: administer CSAP and other standardized assigned to serve as mentors to these () assessments new hires. This will help ensure that Revisit conversations about instructional new educators are assigned a mentor strategies and ideas for implementation, within the first two weeks of the new especially during the month of the April school year. Try not to add extra duties/activities to the mentor and mentee’s schedule so they can focus on instruction to Phases of the First Year Educator: support CSAP. Reflection Support mentors in helping mentees order materials for the upcoming school year. Resources: Phases of the First Year Educator: Reflection Phase Toward the end of the year when the end Typical New Educator Needs is in sight, the reflection phase begins. CSAP Item Maps: Mentees reflect on what worked and CSAP Released items: what didn’t and start thinking about changes to implement next year including classroom expectations and instructional
Month Mentor Topics Resources Principal Responsibilities March/April Mentor Compliance Continue to meet regularly with your mentee Mentor/Mentee Suggested Activities Continue observing one another’s classrooms Ensure that mentee is prepared to administer CSAP and other standardized assessments Revisit conversations about instructional strategies and ideas for implementation, especially during the month of the April Phases of the First Year Educator: Reflection Phase Toward the end of the year when the end is in sight, the reflection phase begins. Mentees reflect on what worked and what didn’t and start thinking about changes to implement next year including classroom expectations and instructional Mentor Compliance Mentor/Mentee Suggested Activities VIDEO: A Sample Post-Conference Mentor/Mentee Conversation Educational Leader Resources: () Phases of the First Year Educator: Reflection Typical New Educator Needs CSAP Item Maps: CSAP Released items: To-Do’s: Check in with mentors regarding new educator needs such as CSAP administration and progress reports. Tips: As you interview candidates for the upcoming school year, begin thinking about teachers who could possibly be assigned to serve as mentors to these new hires. This will help ensure that new educators are assigned a mentor within the first two weeks of the new school year. Try not to add extra duties/activities to the mentor and mentee’s schedule so they can focus on instruction to support CSAP. Support mentors in helping mentees order materials for the upcoming school year. Resources: