Mentor Responsibilities
Major Responsibilities:
Planning Conferences
Observation/Gathering Data
- Preparing for observation
- Focusing on Utah Professional Teacher Standards
- Guiding new teachers to set the agenda
- Paraphrasing, clarifying, mediating, and suggesting
- Developing a repertoire of tools for gathering data
- Preparing data that will assist the new teacher
- Creating a strategic plan based on data
Analysis of Student Work
- Setting a strong criteria/rubric for the assignment
- Sorting student work for analysis
- Finding patterns to inform instruction
Reflecting Conference
Collegial Conference
- Looking at data from observation or student work
- Preparing with data in mind
- Planning instruction to meet student needs
- Sharing with colleagues
- Giving the new teacher a choice
- Expanding the new teacher's community
Resources
- Utah Professional Teacher Standards, Utah State Office of Education
- Utah State Core Curriculum, Utah State Office of Education
- Utah Life Skills: A Guide to Knowledge, Skills, and Dispositions for Success, Utah State Office of Education
- New Teacher Center, University of California at Santa Cruz
