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| [[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-0SkfC8sP-hSHp0NDI5NVg5OGM|View the Site Orientation Checklist]] to find a list of topics that new teachers need to know about in your school. This list was put together by a group of principals. It might be helpful for you in preparing to meet with your new teachers at the beginning of the year. | [[https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-0SkfC8sP-hSHp0NDI5NVg5OGM|View the Site Orientation Checklist]] to find a list of topics that new teachers need to know about in your school. This list was put together by a group of principals. It might be helpful for you in preparing to meet with your new teachers at the beginning of the year. | ||
| - | Here is another link, this one to a [[http://www.nd.gov/espb/TeacherSupport/Mentoring/MonthlyMentoringIdeas.pdf|calendar of suggestions from North Dakota Department of Education]] for supporting your new teacher during each month of the school year. It contains suggestions for both building administrators and mentors. We’ll be sharing this list with the mentors and your first-year teachers, also. | + | Here is another link, this one to a [[https://www.nctq.org/dmsView/Monthly_Suggestions_for_Supporting_New_Teachers|calendar of suggestions from North Dakota Department of Education]] for supporting your new teacher during each month of the school year. It contains suggestions for both building administrators and mentors. We’ll be sharing this list with the mentors and your first-year teachers, also. |
| Finally, [[https://newteachercenter.org/wp-content/uploads/role-of-the-principal_practice-brief.pdf|another interesting article about the vital role of the principal in NTI]]. This is a volume of the New Teacher Center's //Reflections// newsletter devoted to //The Vital Role of the Principal in Teacher Induction//. Other articles include //Convergent Coaching, A Theory of Action for Coaching-Based Supervision, The Principal: A Key to Beginning Teacher Success, and A Culture of Collaboration//. | Finally, [[https://newteachercenter.org/wp-content/uploads/role-of-the-principal_practice-brief.pdf|another interesting article about the vital role of the principal in NTI]]. This is a volume of the New Teacher Center's //Reflections// newsletter devoted to //The Vital Role of the Principal in Teacher Induction//. Other articles include //Convergent Coaching, A Theory of Action for Coaching-Based Supervision, The Principal: A Key to Beginning Teacher Success, and A Culture of Collaboration//. | ||
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| Two kinds of support that new teachers require are psychological and instruction-related (Gold 1996). We all know that good collaboration takes time … and unless the mentor and new teacher have time to work together, it’s unlikely that the relationship will actually be much more than a buddy system … and we won’t see the kinds of improvement in instructional skills that we would like to see. As much as possible, when you are doing planning for a new school year, try to support your first-year teachers by scheduling shared lunch hours or preparation time with their mentors. | Two kinds of support that new teachers require are psychological and instruction-related (Gold 1996). We all know that good collaboration takes time … and unless the mentor and new teacher have time to work together, it’s unlikely that the relationship will actually be much more than a buddy system … and we won’t see the kinds of improvement in instructional skills that we would like to see. As much as possible, when you are doing planning for a new school year, try to support your first-year teachers by scheduling shared lunch hours or preparation time with their mentors. | ||
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| + | ===== Final Steps of This Training ===== | ||
| + | The final step for you is to **send me an email** (to [[schaefjm@mlc-wels.edu]]) by **the end of the summer** answering the following questions. This email is a necessary part of your personal requirements for your school to participate in WELS New Teacher Induction. | ||
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| + | ==== Questions ==== | ||
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| + | * How closely do you work with the mentor for the new teacher in your building? For you, what are the essential mentor criteria? | ||
| + | * Do you have any concerns about how you will meet the responsibilities of WELS New Teacher Induction? | ||
| + | * Does your building presently have a culture that is supportive of new teachers? If so, what are the characteristics that make it so? If not, what can you as the building leader do to make it a better place for new teachers to work? | ||
| + | * What are your personal plans for how you will support the new teachers in your building? | ||
| + | * What was the most helpful part of this training for you? (And we'll take suggestions on how to make it better, too!) | ||
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| + | **Thank you for completing this training** in support of the new teachers in your building. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns you have about how we might best support your work. | ||
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| + | //[[schaefjm@mlc-wels.edu|Professor Jon Schaefer]] - WELS NTI Coordinator - mobile (507) 766-9674// - Email schaefjm@mlc-wels.edu | ||
| + | (Send me a text or give me a call. If it's a little longer question and you can spare a little extra time for a reply send me an Email as I end up being on the road a lot :) | ||
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