Teacher Mentor

New Teacher Mentor - Itinerant

The New Teacher Mentor will support new teachers during their initial years in the profession to establish proficient practices and continually discuss adjustments for professional growth. The itinerant model is used to provide a service for New Teachers to meet their students' needs in the classroom. This role will support teachers in various buildings district wide and serve as a teacher leader for the mentoring program working alongside other mentors, facilitating professional learning opportunities, providing constructive feedback and building resourceful relationships with new teachers/mentees.

The Itinerant Mentor must hold or have retired while holding a Standard or Master certificate that should to the extent possible, be the same type of certificate held by new teachers during any given school year. Itinerants should also demonstrate mastery of pedagogical and subject matter skills; demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills; and a commitment to practice in professional learning. Must complete required teacher leadership training identified by the District.

The Mentor must be tenured, have received a rating of "Proficient" or above on last evaluation, and be in good standing with the District.

The Itinerant mentor should understands and have the ability to address: content knowledge and pedagogy, adult learning theory, verbal and non-verbal communication skills, attributes and styles of positive critiques, classroom observation skills related to assessment of performance aligned to the RPS Rubric for Teacher Evaluation [based upon Charlotte Danielson's 2013 Framework for Teaching], strategies for providing constructive feedback and social support, problem-solving skills, help analyze data from formative assessment and self-assessment.