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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

What is a Mentor or Mentor Teacher in a Jewish Day or Supplemental School?

Hi Colleagues and Friends,

Today we are going to begin a new topic for discussion:

What is a mentor or mentor teacher?

From the perspective of a supplemental or day school, a mentor or  mentor teacher is the professional at the school who helps develop the Judaic knowledge, instructional, and classroom management repertoire of the pre-service and in-service teacher/s within the school community.

Mentor teachers help develop the pre-service and in-service instructional staff    through a number of informal and formal structures including:

Informal Structures:

*Novice or beginning teacher selects a veteran teacher to be his/her mentor.

*Principal or school director assigns a mentor to a novice or beginning teacher.

*Principal or school director assigns a veteran teacher to mentor a cadre of mentees.

*Veteran teacher chooses to mentor a mentee or cadre of mentees.


Formal Structures:


*Principal or school director matches a novice teacher with a mentor teacher who meet or contact each other regularly throughout the school year.

*Principal or school director identifies a veteran teacher to mentor a cadre of mentees. The cadre of mentees meets in person or via a list serv (i.e. email communication) on a regular basis throughout the school year.

*Principal or school director identifies an expert teacher who mentors a cadre of mentees full time throughout the year.

*The central agency or board of Jewish education assigns an expert teacher to mentor a cadre of mentees full time within a school or network of schools throughout the year.


In tomorrow's blog post we will discuss these questions: What is a Mentee? 

What are the Roles the Mentor Teacher Assumes in Helping the Mentee?



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