An Administrator's Responsibilities inYour School's Mentor Program 2019-20 Assign Mentors Work in conjunction w/Lead Mentor to

consider personalities & schedules of mentors-mentees assign formal mentors ASAP formal mentors to all 0-experienced 0-experienced late hires also matched with formal mentors ensure a professional, positive mentoring relationship develops between mentor-mentee

Select Lead Mentor

teacher-leader w/formal mentor training & continuing contract mentoring experience evident communication skills desire to impact mentors & novice educators able to provide professional learning to new hires can attend 2 full day meetings during school day

Promote Growth

ensure working conditions that maximize success for new hires require attendance for novice educators at monthly Educator Support Sessions (ESSs) that are listed in ERO encourage mentor-mentee observations and reflections as peer observations and visits are growth-producing opportunities monitor journal voucher (JV) submission to Office of Professional Learning within 40 days of observation in order to

be reimbursed for mentor-mentee-lead mentor observation and co-teaching substitutes

Maintain an EST participate in your Educator Support Team (EST), which might

be your Leadership Team talk about your 0-experienced needs & needs of new hires w/experience EST meets several times/year

Communicate Often With Lead Mentor about

incoming teachers, including late hires mentor-mentee matches and their effectiveness professional learning curriculum

for monthly Educator Support Sessions (ESSs) With Mentors about

mentoring with fidelity importance of mentoring

Recognize Excellence Consider nominations for Mentor Program Awards, available Spring 2020

Lead Mentor of the Year Mentor of the Year Educator Support Team o f t h e Year

Consider nomination for New Teacher of the Year award, available Summer 2020

FOR PLANNING PURPOSES PLEASE NOTE THAT Mentors will be invited to a 1/2 day learning opportunity with a guest speaker on

October 14, 2019 (they will select morning or afternoon) Lead Mentor full-day meetings are November 19, 2019 and February 6, 2020. Mentor Program Awards will be presented on Tuesday, May 5, 2020.

PWCS Mentor and Induction Program Office of Professional Learning Dr. Amie Weinberg July 2019

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