This document outlines the agenda and goals for a school's induction and mentoring program for new teachers. It discusses expectations for mentors and information on licensure requirements. The agenda includes sharing strategies for classroom support, instruction, management and facilitating collaboration between mentors and new teachers. It also describes evaluation requirements and opportunities for new teachers to provide feedback to help improve the program.

3. •Share ideas for organizing and
facilitating a successful Induction and
Mentoring Program at the school level
•Be advised of the expectations for
mentors and mentor contacts
•Discuss updated information and
licensure requirements for the NC
Beginning Teacher Support Program
(BTSP)

5. Mentor Attributes
 A sense of optimism for teaching;
 Ability to listen well;
 Capacity to engage in reflective dialogue that
nurtures the independent ability of a beginning
teacher to assess and enhance his or her
practice;
 Commitment to continuous professional
development;
 Desire to serve all students equitably regardless
of socio-economic status, first language,
exceptionality or race;
 Facility to adapt instructional methods to the
individual needs of students;
 Commitment to collaboration; and
 Ability to utilize multiple types of assessment of
student work and adapt instruction from the
analysis of assessment data.

7. Mentor Standard 1: Mentors support beginning teachers
to demonstrate leadership.
Mentor Standard 2: Mentors support beginning teachers
to establish a respectful environment for a diverse
population of students.
Mentor Standard 3: Mentors support beginning teachers
to know the content they teach.
Mentor Standard 4: Mentors support beginning teachers
to facilitate learning for their students.
Mentor Standard 5: Mentors support beginning teachers
to reflect on their practices.

10. Twenty-five percent, of North Carolina’s
teachers are in their first three years in the
profession. Of these beginning teachers,
approximately twenty-six percent are starting
their teaching careers prior to earning a
Standard Professional I license.

11. If our beginning teachers are excepted to meet the
state’s professional teaching standards, impact the
learning of all students in distinguished ways,
choose to remain in the profession and become
future master teachers, teacher leaders and skilled
administrators and superintendents, then a quality
induction program to support the instructional
growth of beginning teachers must be in place in
each of CMS schools.

12. BTSP Standards
Standard 1: Systematic Support for High
Quality Induction Programs
Standard 2: Mentor Selection,
Development, and Support
Standard 3: Mentoring for Instructional
Excellence
Standard 4: Beginning Teacher Professional
Development
Standard 5: Formative Assessment of
Candidates and Programs

13. Mentor/Mentee Collaborative Log
• Brief User Directions
• Log on to the intranet
• Click on your Teacher Professional Development tab, scroll
down click Mentor Program
• Click on the blue link: Mentor/Mentee Collaborative Log
• http://spapps.cms.k12.nc.us/onlineCollaborativeLog/default.aspx
• After completing the details of the log, click “OK” and your
information will be posted!

14. New Teacher Induction
• Meet & Greet
• Mentor
• Fashion Show
• Celebrations
• School-wide Expectations
• Back-to-School Strategies
• Classroom Management
• Instructional Strategies
• Building Tour
• Classroom Support

15. Meeting Agenda
*Mentor Mondays
*Documentation
*Professional Growth
Plans
*Evaluations
Professional Teaching
Standards
*M&M Quality Time
*Questionnaire
*Common Core
Mentor Mondays
*1st
Monday of each Month
*New Teacher Support Sessions
*Mentor Presentations
Evaluations
*NCTEP
*Required Observations
*Mid-Year/Summative Evaluations
Mentee Questionnaire
-Feelings/Wonderings
-Social Events/ Program Ideas
-Areas of Support/Monthly Topics
CELEBRATIONS!!!!!

16. Parent/Teacher Conferences
•Report Card Guidelines
•Comments/ Translation Guides
•Grading ESL/EC Students
•Student Work Samples
•Conference Tips
•Working with a Translator
CELEBRATIONS!!!
COLLABORATION

17. End of First Quarter
-Mentors review sections of the
Teacher Working Condition Survey
to determine program areas that
need additional support.
-Develop Mentor Support Calendar
with daily ideas for supporting new
teachers.
•1st
Quarter Reflection
-Draw a reflective illustration of this quarter
• New Teacher Needs Assessment
-New Teacher Concerns/Challenges
Personal
Professional
Students
Curriculum, Instruction, & Assessment
Organizations Systems for Teacher & Classroom
Parents and Community
Collegial Interactions & Collaboration
School & System Policies and Procedures
•Classroom Management Strategies
-New Teacher Academy
-Dealing with Unmet Expectations
-Sharing Management Tools

18. New teachers search the
building to find the
mentor’s classrooms in
order to collect various
classroom support
strategies.
When all strategies are
collected, new teachers
turn in cards for a
holiday treat with a
special message from
the Mentors!
Organizational
Tools
Family Communication Positive Management
Informal
Assessments
Student Engagement
Curriculum IntegrationWriting in Content Areas
Workshop Activities
CELEBRATIONS!!!

19. Happy New Year!!!
Goals 2012-2013
•Welcome Back Notes for New Teachers
•Winter Break Sharing/Celebrations
•Set Personal and Professional Goals
•Documentation Updates
Intervention Strategies
•Make-it, Take-it Session
•Supporting Individual Student Needs
• Differentiation
(Advanced, Intermediate, Novice)
•Resource Guides

20. Mentoring Tips
• Share celebrations at every meeting
• Set all meeting dates and times at the
beginning of the year
• Make all meetings meaningful & relevant
to new teacher needs
• Get input from new teachers and mentors
for meeting topics & agenda items
• Allow time for collaboration
• Plan gatherings outside of school
• Implement activities with another school
• Utilize a monthly calendar of ways to
continually support new teachers
• Work smarter, not harder

21. By: Paula Rutherford
The 21st
Century Mentor’s Handbook: Creating a
Culture for Learning
*New Teacher Needs Assessment
*Mentoring Calendar
Why Didn’t I Learn This in College? Teaching &
Learning in the 21st
Century
*Dealing with Unmet Expectations
*Assessing Instruction & Learning
Instruction for All Students: Strategies, Resources,
& Rationales
*Active Learning (Engagement)
*Differentiation of Instruction
Just ASK Publications
www.askeducation.com

22. Flex Certificates
Event Tickets
Raffles….

23. “Nobody, but nobody
can make it out here
alone”
Maya Angelou