Supporting Exemplary Classroom Instruction
Through Mentoring and Hybridization
Agenda
 Mentor/Mentee Expectations (PowerPoint)
 Mentor Tools & Resources (Websites & Blogs)
 Mentor Contracts & Pay Schedules (Handouts)
 Mentor Rubric (Handout)
 Mentor Communication & PLC (Planning Session)
 Mentor Workshops: Blog 101, 201, & Free Tools 101
 Instructional Blog Content
 Questions/Discussion
Mentoring the Adult
 How do you handle these issues?
 Expectations of Mentees
 Confidentiality
 Rewarding Mentees
 Relationship Boundaries
 Mentor Competence
 Mentor/Mentee Etiquette
 Levels of Comfort/Challenge
 Communications Skills
Mentoring the Adult
 Adults tend to be goal-and
relevancy-oriented, learn
experientially, and approach
learning as problem-solving.
 They learn best when new skills are
associated with previous
experiences
 They need to have input into the
planning and learning processes.
Mentoring the Adult
 They need a variety of learning
options and have opportunities to
analyze and expand on what they
learn: AND
 They need to be able to apply what
they have learned in practical
situations related to their own
lives.
Mentoring the Adult
Mentoring
the
Adult
 Adults have different modes of
learning; some may learn best by
seeing, others by hearing, and still
others through touch and movement.
Mentoring may increase the transfer of
learning because it provides:
 A range of activities that accommodates
different learning modes (e.g., learning
in groups/learning individually);
Mentoring
the
Adult
 Opportunities to practice;
 Individualized feedback; and
 Follow-up support (Taylor, 1997).
Involving protégés in the planning of
mentoring and helping them see the
value of mentoring activities keeps
them involved.
 Information-sharing between both
parties helps to grow a Professional
Learning Community.
Mentoring the Adult
First Things First
1.
Identify Mentoring Goals
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Identify Mentoring Content
Identify Mentoring Strategies
Match Mentors & Mentees
Identify Mentee’s Goals
Establish Frequency & Duration
Assess & Evaluate Mentoring
Program –
6. Adjust and Redefine Goals
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Time is the Most Difficult Obstacle
to Overcome in a Mentoring
Program
 Our goal is to be flexible, to be
amenable and innovative:
 Using Face-to-Face,
Mentor/Coaches, Resource
Websites, email, Blogs, videos,
audios, online third party PD,
chatting, Skype, and ITV.
Mentoring Goals
 Assist Mentees in reaching SBEC Technology
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Competencies
Assist Mentees in successfully implementing Hybrid
Teaching Techniques (Online & Classroom Methods) – 21st
Century Skills
Build a Professional Learning Community – Establish a
Network of Learners – Blogging & Journaling
Reduce Isolation & Address Individual Needs of Mentees
Target Areas for Reflections & Improvement
Equip for the Future – help them to become self-reliant
 Celebrate Successes!
Content
 Blog 101, 201, 301, & Free Tools Face-
to-Face Inservices
 InfoSource (SimpleK12)
 Atomic Learning
 Resource Website
 Mentors’ Blogs
 Grant Blog
 Project Share
Strategies – 5 Ms
 Model: PLC/Products/Communication/
Instruction/Competencies
 Manage: Document/Supervise/ Self-Reflect &
Self-Assess
 Mentor: Coach/Tutor/Opportunities for
Guided Practice
 Monitor: Observe/Adjust/Conference/ Shift
focus as Mentee becomes more confident
 Motivate: Praise/Cheerlead/Blog Parties
Needs Assessments
 Share needs with Principals, Charlsie, and Dr
Rousseau
 We need to mentor you and adjust to your needs
 Do NOT forget to Reflect and Comment on YOUR
OWN Needs!
Mentors & Mentees
 You can actively recruit your
Mentees, but please make sure that
the Mentee has made the choice.
 You can creatively advertise –
posters, emails, chocolate!
 Those who do not select Mentors
will be given options.
Mentor/Mentee Relationships
First Few Sessions
 Talk, Discuss, and Try to establish a
baseline
 Things to use:
 InfoSource Assessment
 Self-reporting Survey
 Immediate Classroom Need
 Help them fill out their
Professional Learning Calendar
Decisions
 When will you meet?
 How often?
 For what length of time?
 For what purpose?
 How many Mentees will you be able to Assist?
 How will you Assess your progress as a Mentor? As a
Mentee?
Mentor’s Workshops
 How often?
 For what purpose?
 For what length of time?
 How will we measure the Mentor Program’s Success?
Mentor Contract
 Look over the contract and let’s clarify any questions.
 Look over SpreadSheet and clarify any questions.
 Set for yourself short and long-term goals. (Examples)
 Mentor 5 teachers until they are comfortable in
producing digital content
 Present at TCEA next year
4 Levels of Evaluation
 Reactions to the mentoring experience.
 Knowledge and skills gained as a result of
the mentoring experience.
 Changes in instructional behavior as a
result to the mentoring experience.
 Improved learner gains resulting from
changes in instruction.
 See Mentoring Competencies
CONTRACTS & PAY SCHEDULES
 Mentor Contract AND SPREADSHEET
Mentor Blog
 A Place to Share:
 Ideas
 Great Websites
 Resources
 Techniques
 Ask Questions
 Post Best Practices
 Discussions
 First Entry: FREE TOOLS for the Classroom
Resources About Mentoring:
 http://www.calpro-
online.org/pubs/Mentoring%20Guide.pdf
 http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/pdf/rubric.
pdf
Resources about 21st Century
Education
Videos:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPQlu5Vxm28
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6GUx1Zx0w
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkJHXmHi8j0
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-644gVjock
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNPi4ui5pCI
 Intrinsic Motivation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhKLSTBSgwI&feature=related
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17C0mrBo6AA
 http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php
 Assessment:
BREAK
What’s the Point?
Hybrid Instruction
 Hybrid or Blended Instruction has topped the list of
the most valuable learning environments for student
achievement.
 Supporting learning 24/7 with both Face-to-Face and
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Online Content
Supporting multiple learning styles
Supporting all types of learners
Creating a PLC for all stakeholders (parents, students,
other teachers)
Prepares stakeholders with 21st Century Skills.
What is a 21st Century Learner?
 Video:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_6GUx1Zx0w
 Handout: Twenty-First Century Skills
 How can we prepare them and have an exciting time
doing it?
BLOG 101
 http://podcast.arpisd.org/users/joy/weblog/b2900/Blo
g_101.html
Blog 201
 http://podcast.arpisd.org/users/joy/weblog/99a80/Blo
g_201.html
Free Tools
 http://podcast.arpisd.org/users/joy/weblog/23a90/Fre
e_Tools_101.html
Instructional Blog Content
 http://podcast.arpisd.org/users/joy/weblog/1e247/Inst
ructional_Blog_Content.html
Review
 Questions