Mentorship

Mentorship At-a-Glance

• New CHPS teachers will receive a mentor

• Mentors are experienced teachers, typically outside of the mentees department/grade-level

• Mentors are part of the CHPS New Teacher Support Structure

• New teachers and mentors will meet regularly throughout the year 

• Teaching and Learning will share resources with mentors and mentees to guide meetings

Goals 

The goals of the mentor program are to:  

• align with the district’s vision of mentorship that focuses on content, collaboration, and equity;

• foster professional relationships and integrate new educators into the school community;

• address individual and collective professional needs of new educators using coaching conversations;

• strengthen and support instructional, curricular, assessment and relational capacity skills of new educators;

• resolve predictable issues and concerns of new educators; and

• establish a network that will support new educators throughout the induction period.

New Teacher Support Structure 

Ongoing new teacher support is provided through: 

• Mentorship Program

• New teacher building check-ins throughout the year

  • May include Peer Coaches, Teaching and Learning, Special Services, EL Dept. 

• Professional Learning Communities (PLC)

• Team/Department Meetings

• Peer Coaches 

• Building administrators

• Special Services

• EL Department

• Teaching and Learning

Contact Information 

For questions or support, please reach out to: 

Early Childhood - Elementary: Sarah Matusovic (matusovs@colheights.k12.mn.us)

Secondary: Angela College (collegea@colheights.k12.mn.us)