Mentoring in a Professional Development School Fall 2009

Agenda The Role of the Mentor Communication Skills for Effective Mentoring Co-teaching with Your Intern Providing Feedback to Your Intern Intern Program Support Portfolio Action Research

Outcomes Understand the role of the mentor Communicative effectively as a mentor. Co-teach with your intern. Provide feedback to your intern. Support intern program requirements. You will receive a repertoire of skills that will enable you to:

What do you think are the most important qualities and skills of an effective mentor?

The Role of the Mentor

Communications Skills for Effective Mentoring

Best/ Worst Conversations Think about your best and worst conversations. What are some ground rules that need to be established?

Listening Unproductive Patterns of Listening 1. Judgement/Criticism 2. Autobiographical Listening 3. Inquisitive Listening 4. Solution Listening

Speaking Conversation Between Mentor and Intern

Positive Presuppositions Do you have an objective for your lesson? What objectives have you planned for your lesson? Do you use any technology in your teaching? How are you integrating technology into your teaching? Have you thought about using manipulative to engage your students? What manipulative do you plan to use to help engage students during your lesson?

By paying attention to the presuppositions that we used and choosing our words with care, we can more positively influence the thinking and feelings of others with whom we are communicating. The Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense, Suzette Haden Elgin Speaking

Co-teaching with Your Intern

Think about ways to establish relationships that foster co-teaching beginning with day one in the classroom.

Five Models One Teaching, One Supporting Station Teaching Parallel Teaching (Two Groups) Alternative Teaching Team Teaching

One Teaching, One Supporting Easiest approach One teacher has primary responsibility Second teacher supports the lead teacher Good model for teachers who are new to co-teaching

Station Teaching Clear division of labor Divide instructional content Plan & teach your part Students rotate stations

Parallel Teaching Two teachers teach the same content Two heterogeneous groups Each teacher works with one group Provides smaller groups allowing more teacher/ student interactions Groups pull together to summarize

Alternative Teaching Pre-teaching/re-teaching group Choose when one group can afford to miss part of the curriculum Change group composition to avoid stigmatizing members of a group Teachers rotate teaching the groups

Team Teaching Both teachers are responsible for planning Instruction is shared One models while other speaks Role play/debate Requires the greatest level of trust and commitment Meshing of teaching styles

What would co-teaching look like in your classroom with your intern?

Providing Feedback to Your Intern Oral Written

Conferencing with Your Intern Informal Conferences Formal Conferences

Informal Conferences Setting expectations Class information Schedule Informative... Share curricula and expectations Engage in co-planning Reflective conversations... Mentor teaching and methods Intern teaching and methods Should occur at a set time weekly...

Formal Conferences Post-Observation Variety of formats/different university requirements Start with intern self-reflection Share written feedback Goal setting Dialogue journals 3-Way conference No surprises Mid-point and Final (as minimum) Evaluative Conference

Written Feedback Provide on a daily/weekly basis Use a variety of formats that will indicate both strengths and weaknesses Keep copies to use when writing the formal evaluation Make reference to the domains from the HCPSS objectives, the INTASC Standards, as well as level/content standards Base it on data Make it timely

Non-Judgmental Feedback Ways to provide nonjudgmental feedback: Verbal Feedback Timing a Lesson Movement During a Lesson Effective Directions

Feedback Resources Framework Book, HCPSS Writing Tips HCPSS Mentor Handbook, Module 8: Culminating the Internship Experience INTASC Standards Discussing an Observation Nonjudgmental Feedback Effective Directions Lesson Feedback Forms

Supporting Intern Program Requirements Portfolio Preparation Action Research

Mentor Portfolio Support Be aware of standards; provide appropriate experiences. Say, “That would be a good artifact!” Help with pictures. Assist with confidentiality issues. Promote reflective practice.

Action Research Is......a fancy way of saying, ‘Let’s study what’s happening at our school and decide how to make it a better place.’

Mentor Action Research Support Share issues the school or team is exploring as part of the SIP. Answer questions about educational practice. Model being a reflective practitioner. Offer to help with the action research!

Intern Program Resources Supporting Interns through the INTASC Standards (Guide) HCPSS Mentor Handbook, Module 1: Introduction to Mentoring HCPSS Mentor Handbook, Module 7: PDS Specific Topics: Portfolios and Action Research

PDSP Mentor Wiki

Feedback

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