About this role
Beginning Teacher Mentor (10 month) Summary Mentor teachers will support and guide 1st, 2nd and 3rd year beginning teachers to ensure a successful transition into the teaching profession. The role of the mentor teacher is confidential, strictly supportive, and non-evaluative. Required education, training, and experience
• Valid North Carolina Teaching License
• Expertise in classroom management and instructional skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to plan and evaluate strategies for improving instruction
• Ability to exercise tact and courtesy in contact with others
• Ability to establish and maintain an effective working relationship as necessitated by the work assignment
• Mentor teachers must be rated at least at the “proficient” level on the North Carolina Educator Effectiveness System (NCEES). For the purposes of this policy, “proficient” means a teacher has received ratings of proficient or higher on all five standards on the most recent summative evaluation, or on Standards 1 and 4 for teachers on an Abbreviated Evaluation. Priority consideration will be given to those teachers rated as "distinguished" and "accomplished."
• Retired teachers are eligible to serve as mentors.
• Mentor Teachers without evaluation data for two or more consecutive years shall not be eligible to serve as mentor teachers unless the mentor is a retired teacher.
Essential duties and responsibilities
• Responsible for providing instructional and emotional support for beginning teachers (1st, 2nd and 3rd year)
• Assist beginning teachers in developing and modeling lesson plans
• Conduct observations, provide non-evaluative feedback, and identify areas for improvement
• Collaborate with School Administrators and Beginning Teacher Coordinator to coordinate professional development program for beginning teachers
• Assist in the development, organization, and collection of Beginning Teacher paperwork
• Provide documentation of mentor activities to the Beginning Teacher Coordinator
• Attend meetings and conferences pertinent to the goals of the mentoring program
Physical environment The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Must be physically able to operate a variety of equipment including computers, copiers, etc. Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally; and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Work environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
• Must be adaptable to performing under stress and when confronted with emergency situations. There may be changing priorities and interruptions during the workday.
• Requires the ability to compare and/or judge the readily observable, functional, structural, or composite characteristics of people or things.
• Requires the ability to speak and/or signal people to convey or exchange information. Includes giving instructions, assignments, or directions to students.
• Requires the ability to prepare correspondence, reports, forms, evaluations, policies, etc. using prescribed formats.
• Requires the ability to apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagrammatic form.
• Requires the ability to record and deliver information, explain procedures, to follow oral and written instructions.
DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this position. They are not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and skills that may be required of the employees assigned to this position. This description may be revised by the supervisor, with HR review and approval, at any time.