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The Pursuit of Excellence Mentoring
as Professional Development
Gloria A. Morgan, Associate DeanDiane Clements, Assistant Professor
League of Innovation for Community Colleges
Innovation 2012
What is Mentoring
OA partnership between two people who have the desire to learn and grow within their profession.OOne person usually has greater
skills, wisdom, and experienceOBoth partners can learn, grow,
develop, and improve from this relationship
4 Must Haves in the Relationship
O TrustO RespectO CommitmentO Confidentiality
ResearchO Janette Long, Australian Catholic
UniversityO Reframe role of mentor to help mentee
O Problem solvingO InnovationO Leaders within organizationO Emphasizes school-wide concerns
O CreativityO Professional autonomy with colleaguesO Build capacity of self and othersO Improve both pedagogy and student learning
ResearchO Leslie Huling
O Since 1980’s increased effort to support and retain novice teachers
O Most previous literature—mentee focused
O Recently literature—mentor focusedO 1986 Study also reflected in current
researchO 66% of 178 mentor teachersO Professional growthO Intrinsic rewards
BenefitsO Professional CompetencyO Reflective PracticeO RenewalO Psychological BenefitsO CollaborationO Contribute to Teacher LeadershipO Mentoring Combined with
Inquiry/Research
Why Participate in Mentoring
O Knowledge and skills exchange
O Content knowledge
O Pedagogy
O Teaching and Learning Strategies
O Experiential learning
O Learning through reflection on your experiences
O What are you doing?
O Why are you doing it?
O How is it working?
O Network building
O Personal and career growth
Informal Mentoring
OA natural mentor/mentee
match
OMore flexible structure
ONo time limits for specific
activities
ONo evaluation process
Informal Mentoring
O Tends to last longer than a formal
mentoring relationship
O Tends to be more successful than a formal
mentoring relationship
O Tends to promote caring values, such as
respect for students, that are often
overlooked in a formal mentoring program
So Who?
O Who is the person you are thinking
about right now with whom you can
develop a mentoring relationship?
O How can you help that person?
O How can that person help you?
ReferencesO “The Role of Teacher Mentoring in
Educational Reform, Stan Koki, Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
O “Assisting Beginning Teachers and School Communities to Grow Through Extended and Collaborative Mentoring Experiences, Janette Long
O “Teacher Mentoring as Professional Development, Leslie Huling, ERIC Development Team
Thank YouO Diane Clements
Assistant Professor, Monroe Community [email protected]
O Gloria A. MorganAssociate Dean, Genesee Community [email protected]
