MENTORING ACTIVITY TIME LINE
Mentor Teacher:
New Teacher
School:
Before School:
Tour school, district and community
Visit assigned room, help locate all needed items, and discuss layout
Aid in acquiring and needed supplies, textbooks, and equipment
Introduce to key people in school and community
Begin “Orientation Checklist”
Examine Classroom Rules and Reinforce Plan
First Day In-services:
Arrive to school first day together or at same time as mentor
Introduce to various staff and at various meetings
Sit together when possible
Review memberships into professional organizations
Review crisis manual.
Check room for the first day readiness
Review first day parent/teacher conferences and open house
Revisit “Orientation Checklist”
August
Grade book/Attendance on computer (PowerSchool)
Broach the schools’ unwritten norms and practices
Initiate discussion on first week problems/successes
Take to first football game (Optional)
Surround with positive staff at lunch in the lounge
Survey curriculum outcomes/curriculum guides (Standards, Q-Tips)
Discuss parental and paraprofessional involvement in the classroom
Revisit “Orientation Checklist”
Talk about current technology – needs, training
Review teacher master contract
Review evaluation procedures
Testing windows & protocol
September
Update “Orientation Checklist”
Initiate discussion on first month’s reflections
Outline assessment dates and content
Examine permanent records and explain how to read
Review 1st nine weeks grade reports
Sketch principal observation procedures and evaluation criteria
Discuss protocol for Homecoming Activities
October
Discuss parent-teacher conferencing procedures
Discuss grade reports
Review norms in parental expectations and typical conferences
Discuss protocol for classroom Halloween parties
New teacher observation in mentor’s classroom
Update “Orientation Checklist”
Review “Bad Weather” policies and procedures
__________ Conference with mentee and supervisor (Sign Mentorship Completion
Overview pg. 19)
November
Attend a Board of Education meeting together
Observe in a master teacher’s classroom
Offer to team teach a lesson (Elementary, Intermediate, & Middle)
Update “Orientation Checklist”
December
Attend basketball or volleyball game together (Optional)
Revisit grade cards, semester tests, and how to end the
Semester
Update “Orientation Checklist”
__________ Conference with mentee and supervisor (Sign Mentorship Completion
Overview pg. 19)
January
Arrange for a visit and observation of another teacher
Conduct a classroom observation
Revisit the “Orientation Checklist”
February
Review state assessment manual (if appropriate)
Offer to help develop a new unit that provides for different learning
styles or any new technique
March
Mentor classroom observation
Review parent-teacher conferencing procedures
__________ Conference with mentee and supervisor (Sign Mentorship Completion
Overview pg. 19)
April
Discuss end-of-year dismissal / contract renewal procedures
Review summer school procedures for students
May
Discuss final grading, permanent records, student awards, and
cumulative folders
Confer on how to leave the room over the summer
Oversee progress on school checkout procedures
__________ Conference with mentee and supervisor (Sign Mentorship Completion
Overview pg. 19)