Below you will see the current Mentor Handbooks. Here you will find sample schedules, observation and evaluation forms, tips for collaborative lesson planning, problem-solving and other helpful information to help ensure a successful internship experience for the various types of interns.
Informal Observation Templates (Used by Mentors to Provide Daily Varied Feedback to Interns)
Dispositional Feedback Templates
Daily Mentor Observation Templates.docx
Daily Mentor Observation Templates Aligned to InTASC/Danielson
Level I and Level II Evaluation Mentor Template
Level I and Level II Mentor Evaluation with Drop-Down Menu
MAT PT Field Experience Mentor Feedback Form
GEI Apprenticeship Mentor Feedback Form
ECE Assessment by Mentor Teacher
GEI Intern Mentor Weekly Communication Record
Building a Coaching Relationship
Reflections from a local teacher and coach...
Mentor Survival Guide
A mentor and mentee apply six essential tips for new teacher support.
My Ideal Mentor
Reflections on the qualities that one student teacher loved about her mentor teacher during the internship experience.
Messages for Mentors
New teachers provide an inspiring collection of comments about what they appreciated most about their mentor teachers.
Addressing the Needs of a Student Teacher
Interview with an experienced Mentor/Host/Cooperating teacher about the needs of student teachers during their internship experience.
Critical Strategies for Empowering 21st Century Teachers with Coaching and Capacity Building
Real change in our students occurs when they own the learning, when they are empowered to be 21st century learners. The same must be said of our teachers. When we empower them through coaching and capacity building, we can create a culture of excellence in teaching and school culture. By the end of the webinar participants will learn critical strategies for empowering teachers, understand aspects of the 21st century teacher, and set goals to build capacity of teachers and teacher leaders
http://www.ascd.org/professional-development/webinars/andrew-miller-webinar.aspx
Maryland's Co-Teaching Framework
So what’s at the core of co-teaching? You could conceivably get quite a few different answers to that question (and to numerous other questions around the subject of co-teaching). That’s why it’s so important to have guidance that creates a common language regarding co-teaching, specifies collaborative roles in school systems and schools, and provides targeted criteria to help guide thinking and work in this area. The Maryland’s Co-Teaching Framework is just such a tool.
Supporting Special Education Teachers: Teacher Induction
Understanding the challenges that novice special education teachers encounter provides important information for teacher educators as they consider preservice preparation, continuing professional development activities, and leadership training for principals. Find out about these new teachers’ top areas of concern.
TEII-1 Teacher Educators- First Year Challenges.pdf
Coaching Teachers to be Effective Teachers
What does an instructional coach do? Look at “instruction”—the act, process, or art of imparting knowledge and skill. Look at “coach”—to teach. Instructional coaches teach teachers how to be effective instructors.
http://teachers.net/wong/SEP11/
Giving Effective Feedback Activity
Purpose: To develop skills in giving students better quality feedback on their learning.
Additional Resources
Acclimating Your Intern to the School