Instructional Mentor Checklist

 

 

July

 

Instructional Mentor will:

 

(New Teacher(s) Only)

_____       Meet new teacher and offer assistance as a Summer Conference host.

(New and Experienced Teacher(s))

_____       Participate in a mentor orientation and training session for all local mentors to review local school mentor process and coaching skills.

 

August

 

_____       Participate in an initial mentor orientation-training meeting conducted by the instructional leader at your local school.

_____       Participate in the teacher/mentor orientation meeting at your local school.

_____       Facilitate the first meeting/visit with assigned teacher. (You may refer to the “Mentoring Handbook” in the “Mentoring Role” section of the guidebook for guidance in conducting the initial meeting with your assigned teacher.)

_____           Access the Content Expert List provided by the occupational division for the teacher.

 

September

 

 

____         Participate in the scheduled meeting for the Residency/Teacher Induction committee to establish a Teacher Induction Plan based upon the perceived needs by the teacher and the committee.  (Remember to schedule your second committee meeting before the end of this meeting.  It needs to be scheduled between October and December.)

____         Provide at least three observations as a Residency/Teacher Induction committee member between September and March.

 

October – December

 

____         Participate in the second scheduled meeting of the Residency/Teacher Induction committee to review the Teacher Induction Plan based upon the perceived needs by the teacher and the committee.

____         Continue ongoing communications, visits, and observations guiding the teacher towards strategies to prove effective teacher competency.  His/her first year efforts are banked in college course requirements.

 

 

January 

 

____         Ensure the attendance of your teacher to the Intercession Class to be held at University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, as a follow-up to Teacher Induction experience to complete the college credit requirement.  (Remember – college requirements and assignments can be banked until student is enrolled for college credit.)

 

 

February – March

 

___      Continue ongoing communications, visits, and observations to help guide teacher towards effective teacher competencies identified within the Teacher Induction Plan.   

 

 

April – May

 

____         Participate in the final scheduled meeting of the Residency/ Teacher Induction committee to review certificate renewal and need for more technical assistance for the second year.