Coaching  and Mentoring Tips

Mentor Training

You may choose to go through these modules in any order. It is estimated it will take 30-45 minutes to complete each module. Upon  completion of  your three modules each semester, please complete the evaluation and submit a form to earn your certificate of completion. These are found on the Conclusion page

Module Introduction

As educators, you are experts at teaching your own learners.  You plan learning experiences, implement them, and then evaluate the impact by evaluating student learning.  As student-centered educators, you often wear the facilitator hat where you guide learning rather than direct it. Coaching is not dissimilar to that.

There is a very good chance if you are looking at this website and module that you are already an experienced and highly effective mentor as well.  For you, this module may be an affirmation of what you already know. For new mentors, this module will give you some insights into the role of a mentor and some tips for having effective mentor meetings as part of the CSUF Teacher Induction Program. 

The key with being a mentor for a CSUF Teacher Induction Candidate is that you are not evaluating the candidate, your role is to support them. In fact CTC prohibits any part of this program to be used for evaluation of the Induction Candidate by the school.

This module will take approximately 45 minutes to complete. You should spend about 30  minutes looking at any or all of the resources.   

Complete this form to acknowledge completion of this module. You will be asked to share at least one tip for new mentors that you feel is most important.

Articles, websites, and blogs

This article is an oldie but a goodie.  It is a short read that discusses a study of mentoring. The bulleted list includes some excellent research based reminders of strategies to implement during the mentoring relationship.

Another oldie but goodie can be found here. This is also a short article that lists qualities of a good mentor. It discusses a lot of research to support the suggestions/criteria listed.

This article does a great job of comparing mentoring to coaching.  I especially like the  bulleted lists that describe mentoring and coaching. In reality, you may be part coach and part mentor over the course of your relationship with the CSUF Induction Candidate. 

This article from Education World is also quite old. It does a nice job of describing a study in which we learn about the development  and outcomes of a mentoring program.