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CREATING A VIABLE FEEDBACK LOOP: MENTORING TEACHER CANDIDATES

CREATING A VIABLE FEEDBACK LOOP: MENTORING TEACHER CANDIDATES. Presenters: Paul Graber , Social Studies Teacher and TNE Site Director, James Monroe High School, Los Angeles Unified School; Natalie Messinger , TNE Site Director at Langdon Ave. Elementary School and Retired Principal,

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CREATING A VIABLE FEEDBACK LOOP: MENTORING TEACHER CANDIDATES

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  1. CREATING A VIABLE FEEDBACK LOOP:MENTORING TEACHER CANDIDATES Presenters: Paul Graber, Social Studies Teacher and TNE Site Director, James Monroe High School, Los Angeles Unified School; Natalie Messinger, TNE Site Director at Langdon Ave. Elementary School and Retired Principal, Los Angeles Unified Schools Cathy Nachum, TNE Site Director at Sepulveda Middle School and Retired Teacher, Los Angeles Unified Schools California State University Northridge

  2. Workshop Agenda • What is the Teacher for a New Era Program? • CSUN/TNE Model: Effective Teaching 3. Goal: Creating competent mentor teachers

  3. What is the Teacher for a New Era Program? • Partnership between LAUSD and CSUN for teacher preparation • A cohort of graduate students immersed in a full time school-based experience • The goal is to earn a Preliminary California Multiple Subject Credential within two semesters • All course work is taught at the school site by University Professors • University Professors share their expertise with each of the school communities

  4. CSUN/TNE Model:Effective Teaching CSUN TNE’s working conceptualization of good teaching consists of the following beliefs: • belief system and dispositions • knowledge base: subject matter knowledge, subject specific pedagogy, and professional/political knowledge, and • practices and skills

  5. Process for Mentor Teacher Selection • Interest Survey • Letter to Potential Mentoring Teachers • Saturday Training and LAUSD/TNE Buy Back Partnership for Teacher Preparation • Classroom observations and feedback

  6. DEVELOPING PROFESSIONAL MENTORS • Developing skills to communicate with an adult learner: • Group training using selected materials and appropriate instructional strategies • Collaborating with current and former mentoring teachers

  7. Training the Mentor Teacher • Overview of mentor responsibilities • Questions most frequently asked by mentor teachers • Initial Planning Conference/ Created standardized mentoring informational packets • Techniques and Strategies for Successful Mentoring • Building Trust • Planning and Setting Self-Improvement Goals With Student Teachers • Observation Techniques • Feedback Conferencing • Student Teacher Evaluation

  8. Mentoring Teachers Create a Professional Development Workshop • Mentoring teachers at Sepulveda Middle School volunteered to present the Effective Teaching Model • Designed short focused presentations to their colleagues that would generate critical thought and self analysis

  9. Implementation at James Monroe High School

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