This course prepares teachers and administrators 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: 
prepare qualified mentors to support novice teachers.
support mentors and novices in having purposeful mentoring conversations aligned to standards.
provide relevant professional learning that can be applied in the classroom
inspire novice teachers to lead their own development through mentoring conversations

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.  

 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 coordinator. As soon as you receive your books you may begin the course.

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