Mentoring


 * What Do Mentors Do?



Mentors work one-on-one and in small groups with coaches and school leaders to:
 * Mentors provide one-on-one and “over the shoulder” support to coaches and other school leaders
 * Mentors help all school stakeholders become members of communities of learning and practice
 * Mentors help coaches plan and facilitate professional learning opportunities for their schools
 * Mentors review documentation of coaching support to facilitate reflective practices and collaborative planning
 * Mentors help coaches re-negotiate relationships with their peers
 * Mentors and coaches coordinate interdisciplinary classroom and cross school/district visitations

How do mentors mentor?



Mentors work one-on-one and in small or large groups to implement the PIIC core elements and to model these elements with coaches and school leaders around:
 * Implementing the B, D, A (before, during, after) cycle of planning, assessment and reflection for coaches when working with teachers
 * Integrating literacy based strategies from the PLN framework and other evidence-based literacy frameworks into curricula
 * Using formative and summative assessments to guide classroom instruction
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Helping coaches collaborate with teachers and design strategies for increasing student engagement and improving student achievement
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Helping coaches promote an understanding of the PA Standards-Aligned System, 21st century skills and the resiliency approach to student learning through the coaching cycle of planning, visiting, and debriefing with teachers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; tabstops: list .5in;">Incorporating the partnership principles and work towards the gradual release of responsibility ||

<span style="color: #1f497d; display: block; font-family: 'Brush Script MT'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: right;">Jessica L. Jacobs Luzerne Intermediate Unit 18 368 Tioga Ave. Kingston, PA 18704 Phone: (570) 718 – 4631 Fax: (570) 287 - 5721