1. Mentoring Plan
“Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.”
John Crosby
Sean Fry
Sue Diefenbach

2. Key Aspects of Mentoring
Mentoring involves:
Coaching and learning
Includes mutual growth and fulfillment
Is a two way relationship between mentor and mentee
Mention

3. A Comprehensive District Mentoring Program aims to:
Assist first year teachers in the performance of their duties and adjustments to the challenges of their teaching assignment
Reduce novice attrition
Improve effectiveness of new teachers
Enhance teacher knowledge and strategies of The New Jersey Student Learning Standards to facilitate student achievement and growth.

4. Effectiveness How do we know mentoring is working?
Mentee is achieving success as a professional staff member with students, staff and community during their first year
Mentor continues to demonstrate a record of success in the classroom and with colleagues
Mentor has earned a record of Effective or higher on teacher practice instrument

5. NJDOE Mentoring Program
1 full school year of 1:1 mentoring
Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 4 weeks-for CEAS certificate mentee
Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 8 weeks-for CE certificate mentee
Mentor must lead mentee in guided self-assessment on Danielson
Mentor must align support to mentee's preparation curriculum (CE)

6. Mentors: state requirements
Mentor must have 3 years of teaching experience
Mentor must earn a summative rating of Effective or Highly Effective on most recent summative evaluation.
Mentor must keep logs of contact time and submit logs to the Personnel Office once a month
Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 8 weeks-for CE certificate mentee
Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 4 weeks-for CEAS certificate mentee
Mentor must lead mentee in guided self-assessment on Danielson
All payment transactions handled by Personnel Office

7. District Mentoring Plan
District must specify a comprehensive orientation to the district for all new first year teachers
Specify minimum mentoring requirements during the critical first weeks of employment
Specify particular mentor support activities for novice teachers

8. District continued…
Update the training and experience requirements for teachers serving as 1-1 mentors
Log for contact time for 1-1 mentor and novice provisional teacher
Align the three required formative and summative evaluations of the novice provisional teacher with required observations through Achieve NJ

9. District Requirements:
District Website
MLP Dates

10. Chief School Administrator (CSA) or Designee
Prepare district mentoring plan
Share with BOE
CSA signs statement of assurance
Share with ScIP

11. LTPS Resources Professional Development/MLP Faculty Meetings
Meeting focused mentoring requirements :
New Staff Orientation
Professional Development/MLP
Faculty Meetings
GCN- online trainings
Department and grade level meetings
School Improvement Panel (ScIP)
Principals/Assistant Principals and Supervisors

12. ScIP (School Improvement Panel)
Oversees mentoring plan at school level
Oversees the mentorship of new teachers at the building level

13. District Administrators
Provide individualized support developed collaboratively with the teacher and supervisor and aligned with state standards and school/district expectations

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Colleagues and/or your mentor
Leadership Team members (ex. Principal, Assistant Principal, Supervisor, Director)
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