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Mt. Markham

Mount Markham Mentoring Program

Together Making Mount Markham A Great Place To Work.


	Up-Coming Dates

Our Next Mentor Meeting Is: Tuesday, August 31, 2010- High School-
9:00-2:00


	District Mentoring Plan And Application

We are always looking for teachers that would like to become mentors. If interested, please contact Mentor Coordinator for an application or click mentor forms tab on left hand side of screen and download one.


	NYSUT Informational Bulletins

NYSUT Infomational Bulletins are useful tools to answer questions that teachers under the new certification areas might have. To access these, click the MENTOR FORMS tab on the left of page and click on NYSUT Informational Bulletins tab.


	Recommended Mentoring Schedule

Recommended Mentoring Schedule

Meetings:

Daily Meetings (5-20 minutes) September

Weekly Meetings (30 minutes) September

Informal Meetings (2 monthly) October- June

Observations/Coaching:

New teachers observe others at same grade or curriculum area. September, October, January, March (Coaching)

Mentor Teacher- Observes and coaches new teacher. September and January- (2) others on as need basis

Celebrations: December and June

Mentoring Activities (May include but are not limited to):

Modeling instruction for new teacher.
Observing new teacher's instruction.
Instructional planning with new teacher. (unit and lesson design)
Orienting new teacher to school culture.
Share classroom management techniques.
Development of strategies for individual student behavior.
Facilitate meeting and interaction with colleagues.
Assist new teacher with self -evaluations.
Regulations regarding mainstreaming and IEP students.

Alan Bard- Mount Markham Central School District Mentor Coordinator
Phone-(Elementary Building)- 822-2840
E-mail- abard@mmcsd.org