Attending new teacher orientation with your assigned new teacher/mentee the week before school starts.

Providing mentees with institutional knowledge and strategies that enable them to effectively and productively navigate our school climate and culture.

Providing mentees support in the form of classroom resources, lessons, pedagogy, classroom management, and moral support.

Conducting weekly check-ins with your mentee and scheduling time to walk the mentee through important administrative/procedural responsibilities (progress reports, parent-teacher conferences, attendance protocols, student discipline procedures, late start & PD expectations, etc.).

Attending your mentee’s pre- and post-observation meetings until they are tenured or they tell you directly that they are comfortable attending these meetings without you present.

Inviting your mentee (and potentially other new hires) into your classroom to observe you teach. 

Consistently communicating any important information, updates, questions, and/or concerns related to your mentee with the New Teacher Mentor Committee and PAR consulting teachers about your mentee.

Helping your mentee build a peer-support network that enables them to feel surrounded by positive professional role models they can go to for whatever professional and personal support they need to thrive in our school.

Encouraging your mentee to become involved in our school community by accompanying them to important school events (building meetings, extra-curricular activities, union meetings, social events, etc.).

Mentors receive a 30-hour curricular-rate stipend and 30 PD hours for working with 1st-year new teachers during new teacher orientation and providing new teachers with the aforementioned supports throughout their first school year at Niles West. CLICK HERE to access the Mentor Teacher online application (this application must be completed to receive the Mentor Teacher stipend). CLICK HERE to view instructions for logging and submitting PD hours for mentoring a new teacher.