Beginning Teacher/Mentor Contact Log for March

Dates: March 1 - 31, 2016 Due: April 15, 2016

Name of Mentor: ______SS# ______

(As it appears on your license-Please Print)

Signature of Mentor: ______Date: ______

School: ______Grade/ Subject ______

□  Please check this box if you have not received mentor training.

Beginning Teacher Name: ______Date: ______

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Signature of Beginning Teacher: ______Date: ______

Signature of Principal or Designee: ______Date: ______

I certify that I have performed the following required mentor duties:

□  I have met with my Beginning Teacher at least one time each week.

□  I have logged the details of each meeting on the second page of this Mentor Contact Sheet.

□  If applicable, I have attended (or been officially excused from attending) all required mentor meetings/staff development training sessions.

Suggested practices for supporting Beginning Teachers include the following:

·  Providing a Beginning Teacher with teaching “survival” skills.

·  Introducing a Beginning Teacher to the community and school environment.

·  Assisting a Beginning Teacher with location, selection and access to instructional materials.

·  Offering a Beginning Teacher classroom management suggestions and strategies.

·  Assisting a Beginning Teacher with curriculum suggestions and strategies.

·  Developing a PDP with a Beginning Teacher.

·  Informally observing a Beginning Teacher and providing verbal and/or written feedback.

·  Inviting a Beginning Teacher to observe a mentor teaching a lesson or concept to allow for modeling of effective teaching practices.

·  Providing support and feedback to a Beginning Teacher during/after a post conference following a formal observation.

·  Assisting a Beginning Teacher with strategies and/or procedures to appropriately serve a special needs student.

·  Spending informal social time with a Beginning Teacher.

Beginning Teacher Name: ______Date: ______

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North Carolina Professional Teaching Standards

1. TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE LEADERSHIP

2. TEACHERS ESTABLISH A RESPECTFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR A

DIVERSE POPULATION OF STUDENTS

3. TEACHERS KNOW THE CONTENT THEY TEACH

4. TEACHERS FACILITATE LEARNING FOR THEIR STUDENTS

5. TEACHERS REFLECT ON THEIR PRACTICE

Date of Meeting / Description of Activity / NC Teaching Standard(s) / Participants