Reaching Our Full Potential
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bycp/5694880836/ Day 6 of the @teachthought blogging challenge asks us to reflect on good mentoring. What a great topic! Mentoring is something that I think about all the time since that is a good portion of my job as the Associate Principal. We have a year-long program of orientation, observation and mentorship for our new teachers. And that is in addition to anything that they might be working on for BTSA. So that is great in theory. Lots of support for teachers and staff new to our community. But what exactly should that program entail and what is my role as well as what is the role of the mentors on our campus. Those are big questions that I have wrestled with since taking on this position because I feel that strong mentorship can be the difference for a new teacher. So while I have "official" mentors for every new teacher, I really consider the entire staff mentors because they all can contrib...