Register by: August 29
Presenters: Joanne Dandrow & Bonnie Berry
| Sign-In: 8:00 am Session: 8:30 am - 3:00 pm Lunch Provided Cost: $150* |
Location: CVES Instructional Services Center 14 Area Development Dr., Suite 100 Plattsburgh, NY 12901 |
Workshop Description:
Beginning teachers enter their careers with varying degrees of skill in instructional design and delivery. Good mentors are willing to coach beginning teachers to improve their performance wherever their skill level.
What can we do to prepare mentors? This training will help mentors value description over interpretation in the coaching process; develop multiple methods of classroom observation; employ research-based frameworks as the basis for reflection; and refine their conferencing and feedback skills. At the foundation of any effective helping relationship is empathy. As Carl Rogers (1958) pointed out, empathy means accepting another person without making judgments. It means setting aside, at least temporarily, personal beliefs and values. The good mentor teacher recognizes the power of accepting the beginning teacher as a developing person and professional.
Accepting mentors do not judge or reject mentees as being poorly prepared, overconfident, naive, or defensive. Rather, should new teachers exhibit such characteristics; good mentors simply view these traits as challenges to overcome in their efforts to deliver meaningful support.
Instructor:
*Cost for districts not participating in the School Improvement CoSer 506 is estimated at $225.00.
Lunch provided. All estimated costs are based on 20 participants. Costs will be adjusted once registration is closed.