Great Beginnings Mentor Trainer
About the Program
Mentor Trainers serve as instructors for the one credit, 15 hour Mentoring Novice Teachers Academy course. Principals, assistant principals, lead mentors, and other school leaders who recognize the importance of supporting first year teachers are selected to instruct the course. They earn a stipend for teaching a cohort of 25 - 30 mentor teachers.
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Mentoring Novice Teachers:
Course Information
The FCPS Academy course Mentoring Novice Teachers is required for all mentor teachers assigned to work with zero-experience beginning teachers, except mentor teachers previously trained as clinical faculty through George Mason or Marymount universities. Course content covers effective strategies for working with novice teachers during their first year in the classroom. Teachers learn their own mentoring style and how to match it to the needs and phases experienced by beginning teachers as they enter into the teaching profession. Teachers discover specific skills for observing in a new teacher's classroom and for providing positive, collegial feedback that leads to improved teaching and learning.
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