1. CRESC NT Mentoring Program Overview for District and Building Contacts
Welcome
CRESC NT Mentoring Program
Overview
for District and Building Contacts

2. Goals For Today Understand what is expected from:
CRESC NT Mentoring Program
Novice Teachers
District and Building Level Contacts

3. What Can You Expect from the NTM Program?
CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides:
Resources
Training
Assistance
Support including Building Level Contacts
for Novice Teachers in the mentoring program
Overview Summary

4. CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides
Novice Teacher Mentoring Orientation Face-to-Face at each district
Information about CRESC including resources and support available
CRESC Novice Teacher Mentoring Three-Year Program
A variety of avenues for PD Training, at the Co-op and onsite at districts.

5. CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides
TESS 2.0 (formerly Law and Process) with choice of venue at Co-op or district
Work to incorporate specific needs of district including alternate evaluation plan TAP
A variety of online resource collections through BloomBoard’s online platform
Facilitated online Monthly Reflection Rooms
NTs with one-hour of Digital Learning PD credit for correctly submitted responses

6. CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides
A facilitated ongoing online Discussion Board with weekly topic support.
Individual NT support as needed including services of CRESC Content Area Specialists
A copy of Charlotte Danielson’s Book Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework for Teaching

7. CRESC NT Mentoring Program Provides
Teacher Excellence Support System (TESS) Smart Card and online ADE TESS Resources
AR TESS Self-Assessment Survey - Including online Pre and Post surveys
TAP Evaluation support to specific district
Organization of onsite District and Building Level systems of support at each district

8. NTs Need Information about the Co-op
What is the Crowley’s Ridge Educational Service Cooperative ?
NT Handout 1 –
Crowley’s Ridge Educational Service Cooperative

9. Crowley’s Ridge Educational Service Cooperative
CRESC
Crowley’s Ridge Educational Service Cooperative
Crowley’s Ridge Educational Service Cooperative is usually called The Co-op.
The Co-op is located in Harrisburg. It is one of 15 regional education cooperatives in Arkansas. We have 22 school districts with nearly 3,100 teachers in our co-op area.
The Co-op provides professional development (PD) for educators throughout the school year and the summer.
Most PD is provided free of charge to educators in our
Co-op area. CRESC NTs are eligible for free PD and
other services.

10. Additional Co-op Services
The Co-op provides services from the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) through content area specialists housed there.
Literacy Specialists: Primary, Elementary, and Secondary
Mathematics Specialists: Elementary and Secondary
Science Specialist: K-12
Gifted and Talented Specialist: K-12
The Co-op also has
Special Education LEAs
Technology Coordinator

11. Teacher Center Workroom
The co-op provides a workroom where teachers can make and take instructional items for their classroom.
Teachers may also order items to be made and sent to their schools for nominal fee.
Bulletin Board cut outs – Both Seasonal and Thematic items
Laminating services are also available
The workroom is open M-F 8:00 A.M. - 4:00 P. M.
For more information call the Co-op at

12. Surprising Stats Here are some facts that I thought
were surprising about the Novice
Teachers in the Crowley’s Ridge
Co-op area.

13. The New Educator Registry
July Novice Teachers
July Novice Teachers
August Novice Teachers
August Novice Teachers
August Novice Teachers
August Novice Teachers

14. Alternative Certification
Of the 210 NTs currently in the CRESC Program, 63 NTs are from Alternative Certification programs. That is almost a third are from alternative certification programs.
Note: Alternative Certification does NOT include teachers hired by Waivers.
So, what are Alternative Certification Programs?

15. Alternative Certification
APPEL Ark. Professional Pathway to Educator Licensure
ATC Arkansas Teacher Corps
PPTL Provisional Professional Teaching License
TTT Troops to Teachers
TFA Teach for America
ABCTE American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence
MAT, M.ED, MTLL Masters of Arts in Teaching, Masters of Ed., Masters of Teaching, Learning, & Leadership
For information contact:
Jeff Dryer, ADE Teacher Recruitment and Retention Program

16. Goals for the NT Mentoring Program 2017-2020
To provide resources and support to assist Novice Teachers in becoming effective teachers.
To increase the number of Novice Teachers that remain in the field of teaching.

17. Changes to Mentoring 2017
Arkansas has made significant changes to mentoring in the past year.
Mentoring is no longer one-to-one.
NTs are no longer required to meet with mentors for specific periods of time.
NTs are no longer required to complete specific units of study or Modules to submit to the state.
Novice Teacher are required to present documentation to their mentoring program and to their districts.

18. CRESC NT Mentoring Plan
The CRESC NT Mentoring Plan is a 3-Year plan.
Teachers who began teaching in August 2017 will continue in the mentoring program until May 2020.
Some of our NTs are in non-traditional certification programs and began their teaching career in fall 2015 or These NTs are completing their 3-year mentoring requirement in the new CRESC program.
So, even though this is Year 1 for the CRESC NT
Mentoring program, we will have a few teachers in
Year 2 and Year 3 this year.

19. 3-Year NT Mentoring Plan
Three Year Plan
What does the CRESC
3-Year NT Mentoring Plan
Look Like?
NT Handout 2
pages 1-3

20. Page 1 of 3

21. Handout 2
Page 2 of 3

22. Handout 2
Page 3 of 3

23. Teacher Excellence Support System
The Teacher Excellence Support System (TESS)
Mentoring provides resources for NTs for TESS support.
As part of the Orientation, NTs will receive a copy of the TESS Smart Card and a copy of Charlotte Danielson’s book, Enhancing Professional Practice: A Framework For Teaching.
TESS Resources will be available in BloomBoard as well as on the ADE Website.

24. TESS Self-Assessment NT TESS Self-Assessment
This will give teachers a preview of the
self-assessment they will take in EdReflect
prior to creating their PGP.
Data from a pre and post self-assessment will allow us to track progress as the year progresses.

26. BloomBoard
CRESC will use BloomBoard as the online Professional Development Platform for NTs.
NTs will receive an invitation to join the CRESC NT Mentoring Hub Space.
NTs who already have a BloomBoard account with their district will continue to sign in with district address. They will see a second choice the CRESC NT Mentoring Program in their account.
NTs who are not members of BloomBoard with their district will receive a free account through CRESC.

27. NT Mentoring Resources
Current Resource Collections
Back to School Resources
Lesson Planning Resources
Classroom Management Resources
Novice Teacher Quest Resources
Journey 1 – Starting Right: Building Respect and Rapport
Journey 2 - Coming Soon
ADE Resources TESS Component

28. NT See Handout 3
Bloomboard
Discussion Board
and Reflection Rooms

29. Discussion Board
The Discussion Board is accessed through the Discussion Tab at the top of the Bloomboard page.
The Discussion Board is an ongoing discussion for NTs to share ideas, discuss problems, and support each other.
Each week a topic will be posted that may relate to the current discussion or another topic. NTs are expected to be regular participants in the Discussion Board with at least weekly participation.

30. Reflection Rooms
Each month a Reflective Question prompt will be posted.
All NTs are REQUIRED to post in the following four ways in the appropriate Reflection Room.
Attachment: Type and save the prompt, their response, their name, and date in a document. Save the document in the appropriate Reflection Room.
Posted Response: Copy the response from the attachment so that others may read it.
Comment: Take part in the reflection discussion by commenting on at least three (3) other teachers posts.
Evidence of Participation: Provide a copy of their response to their Building Contact in the manner determined by their district.

31. Analytics BloomBoard has an analytic feature that allows us to
create reports by number, percent, or names
of NTs who are participating or not participating in:
Discussion Board Weekly participation is expected
Reflective Prompts Monthly Participation is Required
Resource Collections Use as needed

32. What is Expected from Novice Teachers?
Attend NT Orientation at their district
Respond as required in the monthly Reflection Rooms.
Provide documentation of NT Mentoring to their building contact in the manner determined by district.
Participate in the ongoing Discussion Board weekly.
Use resources in BloomBoard as needed or as recommended or by Building or District Contact.
Stay in contact with their Building Contact.
Ask for help when it’s needed
Accept help with it’s offered.

33. Required NT Orientation
Orientation is Face-to-Face meeting at NTs District
Approximately 50 minutes
CRESC Information including rescources available
Explain the CRESC NT Mentoring 3-Year program
Sign-up BloomBoard account and online resources
TESS Smart Card – Online Resources
Copy of Charlotte Danielson’s Frameworks for Teaching
TESS Self Assessment Survey link provided

34. More About NTs
At the Orientation we ask the NTs to tell us more about themselves.
NT Handout 4
NTs are asked to complete Handout 4 and turn it in before they leave.

35. Quick Quiz
How often are NTs required to submit Reflective Responses in BloomBoard?
Once a month
How often are NT expected to participate in the ongoing discussion board on BloomBoard?
Once a week
How often and in what manner are NTs required to provide documentation to their Building Contacts?
District decision

36. District and Building Level Contacts
What Is Expected of
District and Building Level Contacts

37. District Contacts Stipend: $200 per Semester
Provide support to Building level contacts
Provide support to all NTs in district
Work with Building Contacts to be sure NT are participating and are getting the resources they need.
ADE may contact district for documentation of NT Mentoring
Stipend: $200 per Semester
The Co-op will send W9’s to District Contact
District Contact distributes W9’s to Building Contacts

38. Building Contacts Stipend: $250 per Semester
Serve as the NTs onsite contact
Provide Support for NTs
Collect and maintain NT documents in the manner determined by the district i.e. monthly reflection response
Remind teachers of NT Mentoring resources on BloomBoard. Notify co-op if additional or specific resources are needed.
ADE may contact district for documentation of NT Mentoring
Stipend: $250 per Semester
Provided there at least two NTs at building
Return W9’s to Co-op before payment of stipend.

39. Questions?
Are there any questions about what is Required or what is expected of:
CRESC NT Mentoring Program?
Novice Teachers?
District and Building level contacts?
Contact:
Cell:
Thank you!!