Developing Effective Mentors
and Supervising Practitioners
Districts and Educator Preparation Programs
Working Together to Support Novice Teachers
November 2015 Regional Meetings
Do Now Activity:
1. Mix it up! Sit with another district or ed prep team rather than
with folks you already know.
2. What are the three most important skills for supervising
practitioners and mentors to bring to their roles? Write your
response on an index card and be prepared to share.
Who is in the room?
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Goals for Today
Review highlights of the Candidate Assessment
of Performance (CAP) and the Guidelines for
Induction and Mentoring Programs
Understand the benefits of alignment for
multiple audiences
Identify areas of commonality in the roles of
supervising practitioners and mentors and how
they promote partnerships
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The Center for Educator Effectiveness
The moral imperative
that guides this work is
that all children in
Massachusetts must
have access to effective
teachers and effective
administrators.
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Jargon Review
Learning from and working with an
experienced educator…
•Supervising
practitioner
•Cooperating
teacher
Practicing in a school…
•Practicum
•Field-based
experience
•Clinical experience
•Student teaching
To complete my ed prep program…
•CAP (Candidate
Assessment of
Performance)
•Aligned to Professional
Standards for Teaching
(PSTs)
Enrolled in ed prep
program…
Employed in a district…
•Candidate
•Student teacher
•Teacher-in-training
•Familiar with Standards used in
evaluation
•Receive targeted professional learning
and support (induction and mentoring)
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Turn and Talk
What are the three most important skills for
supervising practitioners and mentors to bring
to their roles?
How do you support these skills through the
trainings you provide for these roles?
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What is CAP?
Performance assessment for teacher
candidates to demonstrate the knowledge and
skills gained through their preparation
programs so they are ready to be effective
with students on day one.
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What is CAP?
Process: 5-Step Cycle
SelfAssessment
Pre-Cycle
Goal Setting
and Plan
Development
Summative
Assessment
Click here
Plan
Implementation
Formative
Assessment
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What is CAP?
Content: 6 Essential Elements
Essential Element
PST Alignment
Well-Structured Lessons
Standard I: Curriculum Planning, and
Assessment
Adjustments to Practice
Meeting Diverse Needs
Safe Learning Environment
Standard II: Teaching All Students
High Expectations
Reflective Practice
Standard IV: Professional Culture
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What is CAP?
Evidence: 4 Categories
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Why CAP?
To determine readiness of candidates to be
impactful with students by day one of
employment
To create a continuum from preparation to
employment through alignment to Educator
Evaluation Framework
5-Step Cycle
6 Essential Elements
Rubrics: Quality, Scope, and Consistency
Professional Practice Goal
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The Role of Supervising
Practitioners with CAP
Learning the CAP process
Collecting evidence alongside the program
supervisor and candidate
Calibrating feedback and ratings
Supporting the candidate’s 5-step evaluation
cycle
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Induction & Mentoring Guidelines
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Induction & Mentoring Guidelines
Alignment to educator effectiveness initiatives
Overlap between mentors and supervising
practitioners
 1 = little to none
 2 = some overlap
 3 = a majority serve as both (not necessarily at the same time)
Increased attention to local needs
Electronic reporting to ESE in July 2016
New resources from ESE, including district
examples—Help us add to these!
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Comparing and Contrasting Roles
Mentors
Supervising
Practitioners
Both
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Note: We will collect these!
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Incentives for Teacher Leaders
What incentives do mentors and supervising
practitioners currently receive?
What are some additional ideas for recognizing
and rewarding these teacher leaders?
Add to responses to the Venn Diagrams!
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ESE Resources
CAP
FAQs
Support materials for training
Online platform pilot
Pilot data, late January 2016 and June 2016
Induction and Mentoring
Annual report July 2016, draft available online
Project SUCCESS materials: videos, district
examples
Teachers’ Top Three from ESE
Door prize!
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Thank you!
Please complete the end of meeting survey!
Induction and Mentoring
Kat Johnston, ksjohnston@doe.mass.edu and
EducatorDevelopment@doe.mass.edu
http://www.doe.mass.edu/educators/mentor
CAP
Jennifer Briggs, jbriggs@doe.mass.edu and
EdPrep@doe.mass.edu
http://www.doe.mass.edu/edprep/cap
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