| | There are essentially three mentoring programs for teachers in our district:
Intern Mentors for teachers who have yet to complete their preliminary credential and are part of a university program.
BTSA mentors for teachers who have completed their preliminary credential and need the induction program to earn a Clear Credential.
New Teacher Support Providers for teachers who are new to our district, but not necessarily new to the teaching profession, or in their first two years of the profession and have a Clear credential. | |
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| | What is the BTSA mentoring process all about?
Here’s what to expect:
Mentors meet with novice teachers every week for 1-1 ½ hours. We schedule meetings around the new teachers’ schedules—usually during prep periods or after school. We discuss how we can help you regarding curriculum ideas, classroom management, parent concerns, school/colleague issues, etc.
Mentors observe novice teachers as they teach. We mentors are non-evaluative; we are here to help strengthen your practice. Mentors maintain confidentiality with the teachers, so we do not report our observations to administrators.
We work with tools that encourage reflecting upon practice and using data to guide next steps. For example, right now the novice teachers and I are working on Analysis of Student Work. We are looking at a class set of work and are determining how many students are exceeding, meeting, approaching, or falling below standards. Based on the numbers, we come up with strategies to move each group along. The teachers find this to be helpful in their planning. We work with these tools during weekly meetings.
There are 6 seminars spread out through the course of the school year—usually falling on Tuesday evenings from 4:00-6:30 p.m. These seminars fulfill the induction standard requirements mandated by the State. As mentors, our goal is that each new teacher walks away with practical strategies s/he can use the next day.
Our role as mentors is to support you. We are excited to have you in our District, and we do what we can to help you as you start your teaching career.
Abigail Soriano---New Teacher Advisor, 2006-2007
More questions? sorianoa@esuhsd.org
BTW, university credit is available through UCSC. See criteria below and/or talk to your mentor.
5 units of credit are available for Participating Teachers who:
* Have been granted an ECO or,
* Have been waived from any process or seminar, excluding Tech or,
* Have transferred in from another program and have already been given credit for 4 standards or,
* Are only completing 2 standards this year or,
* The teacher is an Ed. Specialist I or a Clear Credential holder and chose not to complete professional development requirements. | |
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| | The NewTeacher Center's goals for mentees: - To develop teacher capacity as defined in the California Standards for the Teaching ProfessionI and BTSA induction standards 15-20.
- To direct support toward improving student achievement
- To use formative assessment practices to guide support and teacher professional development
- To document professional growth over time
- To model and encourage ongoing self-assessment and reflection
- To foster collaboration and leadership among teachers
- To provide advisement and support related to induction and credentialing requirements
Click here for a PowerPoint program description of the Induction process and more....
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| | - A person must hold, at minimum, a preliminary credential (multiple subject, single subject, education specialist or designated subjects) to be eligible for a BTSA induction Program.
- The teacher must be in a teaching assignment authorized by the preliminary credential.
- The teacher must be in the first or second year of public school teaching after earning the preliminary credential.
BTSA Teacher Development Funding Policy
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