Self Assessment
Karen Bassano and Melissa Campbell had a tremendous impact in growing my teaching craft. The funny thing is neither of Karen or Melissa were assigned to be me as official mentors. In fact, back in 2000 when I began my teaching career at Maplemere there was no mentoring program.
I connected with Karen because she was like me in taking the time to thoughtfully puzzle through things. I never felt rushed with Karen to come up with an answer right away. She was incredibly patient and valued the thinking process.
I connected with Melissa because of her no nonsense approach to managing student behaviors and parent conflicts.
The qualities that will make me a great mentor include: willingness to give as much time needed, and encouraging mentees to overcome obstacles and challenges.
I may need assistance from a Special Ed teacher, Ell teacher, or literacy/math coach to help my mentee with teaching that requires specialized instruction.
Evidence of Learning
The TedX video made me realized that a mentor can not be in a hurry. It's important not to make the mentee feel anxious about time. It takes time to impart the experience learned from mentor to mentee.
The question that stood out most to me was thinking of a mentor who impacted me and what it was about that mentor that made them great. For me the greatest quality a mentor can posses is willingness to give his/her time.
I believe I may need help from Debbie Crist to impart the health care benefits to my mentee. For example, there is funding provided for contacts or glasses. The mentee will need to know the steps to take to receive this benefit.
Karen Bassano and Melissa Campbell had a tremendous impact in growing my teaching craft. The funny thing is neither of Karen or Melissa were assigned to be me as official mentors. In fact, back in 2000 when I began my teaching career at Maplemere there was no mentoring program.
I connected with Karen because she was like me in taking the time to thoughtfully puzzle through things. I never felt rushed with Karen to come up with an answer right away. She was incredibly patient and valued the thinking process.
I connected with Melissa because of her no nonsense approach to managing student behaviors and parent conflicts.
The qualities that will make me a great mentor include: willingness to give as much time needed, and encouraging mentees to overcome obstacles and challenges.
I may need assistance from a Special Ed teacher, Ell teacher, or literacy/math coach to help my mentee with teaching that requires specialized instruction.
Evidence of Learning
The TedX video made me realized that a mentor can not be in a hurry. It's important not to make the mentee feel anxious about time. It takes time to impart the experience learned from mentor to mentee.
The question that stood out most to me was thinking of a mentor who impacted me and what it was about that mentor that made them great. For me the greatest quality a mentor can posses is willingness to give his/her time.
I believe I may need help from Debbie Crist to impart the health care benefits to my mentee. For example, there is funding provided for contacts or glasses. The mentee will need to know the steps to take to receive this benefit.