Description
Toolkit for Mentor Practice
The 400 Page Toolkit – all you need and need to know!
Empower and equip your Professional Support Team with the tools & techniques to best support the NQT. As you know, Droichead is an integrated professional induction framework for newly qualified teachers. It is the programme whereby NQTs are now inducted into the profession and supported by the in-school Professional Support Team. The following toolkit will be an invaluable support to all involved in this important process.
Studies show that mentoring programmes have a positive impact on the development and retention of new teachers. This field-tested and evidence-based resource is a complete kit that provides everything mentors need to support novice teachers on their journey to becoming confident, effective professionals.
Toolkit for Mentor Practice combines a set of diagnostic tools that capture what is happening in a new teacher’s classroom with a mentoring process that guides both mentor and mentee through transformational learning stages. The toolkit features:
– A three-phase mentoring process that uses data collection and collaborative conversations to improve classroom practices
– Information-gathering tools that reveal how new teachers interact with students, plan for instruction, design lessons, analyze student work, and differentiate instruction
– Implementation guidelines that explain how to use each tool with beginning teachers
– Tools in Action examples that illustrate how veteran mentors have used the tools with new teachers
This toolkit gives mentors all the forms and processes needed to guide new teachers as they develop and improve their instructional practice.
List of Resources
Foreword
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Introduction
Section I: Role Focused Transformational Learning Stage
1. Transforming Practice
Purpose for Transformational Learning Stages |
|
Description of Transformational Learning Stages |
|
Purpose for Managing Transformational Learning |
|
Description of Managing Transformational Learning |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
2. Conference Data Conference (CDC) Cycle
Purpose for the CDC Cycle |
|
Description of the CDC Cycle |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
3. Foundations for Mentoring
Purpose for Mentor Stances |
|
Description of Mentor Stances |
|
How to Use Mentor Stances |
|
Mentor Stances in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
Purpose for Mentor Roles |
|
Description of Mentor Roles |
|
How to Use the Mentor Roles |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
Purpose for Mentor Language |
|
Description of Mentor Language |
|
How to Use the Mentor Language: Questioning Prompts |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
How to Use the Mentor Language: Paraphrasing Prompts |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
How to Use the Mentor Language: Ways of Communication |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
Notes for Implementing Foundations for Mentoring |
|
4. Conference Data Conference (CDC) Journal Record
Purpose for the CDC Journal Record |
|
Description of the CDC Journal Record |
|
How to Use the CDC Journal Record During the Planning Conference |
|
CDC Journal Record Tool in Action |
|
How to Use the CDC Journal Record During the Reflective Conference |
|
CDC Journal Record Tool in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
5. Beginning Conversations
Purpose for Tools for Building Trust |
|
Description of Tools for Building Trust |
|
How to Use the Tools for Building Trust |
|
Purpose for Tools for Understanding Context |
|
Description of Tools for Understanding Context |
|
How to Use the Tools for Understanding Context |
|
Beginning Conversations Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
6. The Administrator and Mentor Conversations
Purpose for Administrator and Mentor Conversations |
|
Description of the Administrator and Mentor Journal Record |
|
How to Use the Administrator and Mentor Journal Record |
|
Administrator and Mentor Journal Record Tool in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
7. Professional Teacher Growth Process
Purpose for Professional Teacher Growth Process |
|
Description of the Professional Teacher Growth (PTG) Process |
|
How to Use the Professional Teacher Growth Process Tools |
|
Professional Teacher Growth Process Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
8. Professional Mentor Growth Process
Purpose for the Professional Mentor Growth Process |
|
Description of the Professional Mentor Growth (PMG) Process |
|
How to Use the Professional Mentor Growth Process Tools |
|
Professional Mentor Growth Process Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
Section II: Practice Focused Transformational Learning Stage
9. Collecting Evidence: Teacher and Student Behaviors
Purpose for Collecting Evidence: Teacher and Student Behaviors |
|
Description of Seating Charts |
|
How to Use Seating Charts to Collect Data |
|
Seating Chart Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
10. Collecting Evidence: Teacher and Student Verbal Interaction
Purpose for Collecting Evidence: Teacher and Student Verbal Interaction |
|
Description of Collecting Evidence: Teacher and Student Verbal Interaction |
|
How to Use the Collecting Evidence: Teacher and Student Verbal Interaction Tools |
|
Collecting Evidence: Teacher and Student Verbal Interaction Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
11. Observing a Master Teacher
Purpose for Observing a Master Teacher |
|
Descrption of Observing a Master Teacher |
|
How to Use the Observing a Master Teacher Tools |
|
Observing a Master Teacher Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
12. Student Data Mapping
Purpose for Student Data Mapping |
|
Description of Student Data Mapping |
|
How to Use the Student Data Map Characteristics |
|
How to Use Student Data Map Standardized Assessments |
|
How to Use the Student Data Map Teacher-Created Assessment |
|
Student Data Mapping Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
13. Planning for Instruction
Purpose for the Instructional Planning Process |
|
Description of the Instructional Planning Process |
|
How to Use the Instructional Planning Process |
|
Instructional Planning Process Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
14. Lesson Design
Purpose for Lesson Design |
|
Description of Lesson Design |
|
How to Use the Lesson Design Tools |
|
Lesson Design Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
15. Videotaping as a Process for Reflection
Purpose for Videotaping as a Process |
|
Description of Videotaping as a Process |
|
How to Use the Videotaping Tools |
|
Videotaping Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
16. Collecting Evidence: Student Engagement |
|
Purpose for Collecting Evidence: Student Engagement |
|
Description of Collecting Evidence: Student Engagement |
|
How to Use the Student Engagement Tools |
|
Student Engagement Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
17. Probing Higher Level Thinking
Purpose for Questioning Skills |
|
Description of Questioning Skills |
|
How to Use Questioning Skills |
|
Purpose for Questioning Word Banks |
|
Description of Questioning Word Banks |
|
How to Use Questioning Word Banks |
|
Probing Higher Level Thinking Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
Section III: Learner Focused Transformational Learning Stage
18. Analyzing Student Work
Purpose for Analyzing Student Work |
|
Description of Analyzing Student Work |
|
How to Use the Analyzing Student Work Tools |
|
Analyzing Student Work Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
19. Planning for Differentiated Instruction
Purpose for Planning for Differentiated Instruction |
|
Description of Planning for Differentiated Instruction |
|
How to Use the Planning for Differentiated Instruction Tools |
|
Planning for Differentiated Instruction Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
20. Analyzing Student Assessments
Purpose for Analyzing Student Assessments |
|
Description of Analyzing Student Assessments |
|
How to Use the Analyzing Student Assessment Tools |
|
Analyzing Student Assessment Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
21. Planning for Differentiated Mentoring
Purpose for Differentiated Mentoring |
|
Description of Differentiated Mentoring |
|
How to Use the Differentiated Mentoring Tools |
|
Differentiated Mentoring Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
22. Reflecting on One’s Practice
Purpose for Reflecting on One’s Practice |
|
Description of Reflecting on One’s Practice |
|
How to Use the Reflecting on One’s Practice Tools |
|
Reflecting on One’s Practice Tools in Action |
|
Notes for Implementation |
|
Resources
References
Index
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.