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Online Course: Becoming an Effective Mentor

November 17, 2022 @ 1:00 pm - December 21, 2022 @ 1:00 pm

| $150
OPEN FOR REGISTRATION
Instructor: Carol Radford, Karen Gannon, Kathi Rogers
Participants: Teachers, Specialists, Administrators
Date/Times: Begins when you register 11/17/22 and ends 12/05/22
Location: Asynchronous learning
Course #: 2022-26
Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 5089985599 ex 130, [email protected]
Course Description:

Instructor: Carol Pelletier Radford,Karen Gannon, Kathi Rogers
Participants: Teachers, Specialists, and Leaders
Dates/Times:Begins 11/17/22 and Ends 12/05/22

The content is self-paced and delivered in a .pdf document which includes videos, readings, and reflections. An online mentor communicates with each course participant by phone at the beginning of the course to confirm the timeline for course completion and to answer any questions. The online mentor also reads and responds to all reflections at the end of the course.

Course cost: $150 and two required books.

Registration deadline: Oct 25 , 2022

 

Course Info Contact: Sherri Tetrault, 5089985599 ex 130, stetrault@smecollaborative.org
Course Description: A Professional Development Program Offered by
The Southeastern Massachusetts Educational Collaborative
Mentoring in Action: Becoming a Qualified Mentor!
For new and experienced educators who need to become qualified or want to refresh their mentoring skills.This course prepares mentors to use a mentoring curriculum that ensures mentoring conversations are focused and purposeful. The curriculum includes: Mentoring in Action: Guiding, Sharing, and Reflecting With Novice Teachers and The First Years Matter: Becoming an Effective Teacher.  These two books are REQUIRED.

The goals of this course are to: 

  1. prepare qualified mentors to support novice teachers.
  2. support mentors and novices in having purposeful mentoring conversations aligned to standards. 
  3. provide relevant professional learning that can be applied in the classroom
  4. inspire novice teachers to lead their own development through mentoring conversations
  5. retain novice teachers in our schools.

Key questions reviewed in the course:

What does a qualified mentor need to know and be able to do?

What are the topics for a year-long curriculum?

How does a mentor observe and provide feedback?

What do effective mentoring conversations look like in practice?

What is crucial to novice teacher growth and development?

Two required books.   Both are on Amazon

  1. Mentoring in Action: Guiding, Sharing, and Reflecting With Novice Teachers
  2. The First Years Matter: Becoming an Effective Teacher

REGISTRATION: Call 508-9985599 or email Sherri stetrault@smecollaborative.org at Southeastern Massachusetts Educational Collaborative to reserve your place. When you register you will receive a welcome email from the course instructor. As soon as you receive your books you may begin the Online Professional Learning module.

We must be informed at the time of registration if you have any ADA needs or require special accommodations of any kind.

Author of the Books:
Carol Pelletier Radford EdD   — Author and  Online Program Designer.

Carol is the Founder of Mentoring in Action, an organization committed to preparing and supporting mentors so they can facilitate the growth of novice teachers. Dr. Radford was a public school teacher for more than 20 years and served as a leader in several teacher education programs where she prepared teachers for the realities of the classroom. You can learn more about her work and benefit from the free resources that are available on the MentoringinAction.com website.