Feedback index cards
During busy days, feedback index cards can provide a quick way for mentors and TCs to interact around something the TC is intentionally working on. These index cards can be used anytime and can but need not go along with formal observations. Download PDF: Feedback index cards...
Newsletter 9 January 9 Completing the edTPA
TCs will soon be enacting their planned series of lessons for the edTPA and assembling a portfolio of their planning, teaching, and assessment that focuses on student learning. It is important that you stick to the agreed upon plan as to which lessons will be taught by the TC and when. The edTPA is a time for the TCs use their own skills to teach, plan, and assess, but they may consult mentors as they would a colleague. Read on for how to navigate these roles. Link to: Newsletter 9 Completing the edTPA...
Newsletter 2 August 29: The start of the school year, a one-time opportunity
The beginning of the year is a unique opportunity for the TC to experience getting to know students for the first time—as a teacher—and learning how teachers set up a classroom as a community. This newsletter focuses on tips for the start of school. Read on to learn more about the mentoring practice of making your thinking explicit, how mentors and TCs can work together to introduce the TC to students and families, and more. We also continue to share ideas for what mentors and TCs might focus on at this time of year in our "trajectory" column, on the righthand side of the newsletter. Link to: Newsletter 2 August 29: The start of the school year, a one-time opportunity...
Introducing students to the discipline they’ll study
Students can start studying ideas in science, math, social studies, etc., without really knowing about the disciplines that underlie these subjects. One way to start the school year is to do an activity that introduces students to these discipline(s), helps them understand the different branches of inquiry that advance knowledge in the discipline(s), and how these areas of study relate to their everyday lives. The links below provide an example from Chemistry (a PPT and a lesson guide), but these resources could be adapted to any subject. Download PPT > What is chemistry and how does it connect to my life? Download Word version of lesson plan >What is chemistry and how does it connect to my life? ...
Debrief flow chart and record
This is a tool for a longer de-brief between the mentor and TC (longer than the "check-ins" that are also available here). Consider using the following flow to debrief an instructional episode, where either the mentor or the TC was teaching. Download a PowerPoint (modifiable) version > Debrief flow chart and record...
De-brief flow-chart and record
This is a tool for a longer de-brief between the mentor and TC (longer than the "check-ins" that are also available here). Consider using the following flow to debrief an instructional episode, where either the mentor or the TC was teaching. Download PDF > Debrief flow chart and record ...
October to November Trajectory
October to November Trajectory...