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Both mentees are very excited to earn their certification and to add tools to their teacher toolboxes.

Kali Grimes

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Ms. Richardson is a very eager educator. She has a ton of new and creative ideas that she would like to implement into her classroom. I look forward to effectively guiding her to achieve these goals.

Sarah Partington

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My meeting with Parker, my mentee went well.  He is very enthuastic with his teaching and is very open to feedback.  We have been meeting weekly.  I have truely enjoyed my time meeting with Parker.

Jennifer Carmona

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When meeting with my mentee, I realized that she was overwhelmed with the day that she had before speaking. I didn't want her to feel more overwhelmed with tons of questions. I allowed her an opportunity to vent and to share her experience.  I made sure to reassure her and create a safe place for her to express her frustrations. I offered to meet up with her tomorrow again on Teams to hopefully assist in organizing her learning system (one of her frustrations).
Dawn McDonald

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I met with my mentor Christine and as always she comes well prepared with her questions and ducks in a row.  I was Christine's mentor last year  and we have a great working relationship. I am excited to continue our journey together in this new world or blended learning.

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I met with my mentor Christine and as always she comes well prepared with her questions and ducks in a row.  I was Christine's mentor last year  and we have a great working relationship. I am excited to continue our journey together in this new world or blended learning.

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-Cortney Saindon (CRT)

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I was so excited when my principal told me that I was going to mentor Mr. Gadiel Morales, specially because we are part of the best science team. Now, I feel honor to be part of his developed during this course. Great things will happen since we get to improve much more our communication and knowledge in teaching science.
Yamilis Ocasio

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I met with my mentee, Jennifer, and she was ready to jump in to the program and grow from it! We have worked together previously and know each other quite well so communication comes with ease. We will be continuing to meet weekly and look forward to seeing the growth in an already amazing educator!

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I met with my mentee, Jennifer, and she was ready to jump in to the program and grow from it! We have worked together previously and know each other quite well so communication comes with ease. We will be continuing to meet weekly and look forward to seeing the growth in an already amazing educator!

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Bridget Bateman

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I worked with my mentee last year. Since we are familiar with each other, it makes the mentee/mentor program a little more comfortable. I am very excited to work with her and get to know her better throughout the school year.
Tara Lamir

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I met with my mentee, Alison, and we set up a weekly time that we will meet together. I was able to share with Alison what my role is as her mentor and offered support.  We started thinking about which areas she would like to grow in so we can have her observe teachers in those areas right away.  Looking forward to supporting my mentee! Best, Jenn Shelly

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I met with my mentee on Thursday and we were able to sit and chat for a few minutes, she is extremely motivated and dedicated to teaching. We have been talking since the beginning of NTI, since I am also her CRT. She is always willing to help out and has been going above and beyond since day 1. I’m very excited to be her mentor and we are both looking forward to working closely together through the program!
~Colleen Beals- CRT

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I have had the opportunity to be a part of Ms. Angel’s team as a teacher and now as her CRT. We are excited to work together through this program. I believe she has a growth mind set and is always willing and eager to receive feedback and try new teaching strategies. We have worked out a schedule to meet weekly. We are very excited to work together this year, and we know our middle schoolers will benefit from this!
-Sara Murphy

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I met my mentee in the weeks leading up to the first day of school! She is a returning teacher at RCSCC, so she has experience and said she learned so much in her first year with us at Cooper City. I touched base with her after the first week, and she said that she is doing well with her online platforms and loves her students already. It is evident that she has a lot of potential and passion, and I cannot wait to see all that she accomplishes this year!

-Krizia Acosta-Marrero

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No lie...Today was beyond special. I truly enjoyed my talk with my mentee. We were so open with each other and it felt we’ve known each other for years. She felt comfortable and I knew she trusted me right away; as I her. We nearly came from the same path and it was so refreshing to say I know, Right or OMG, me too. Thank you so much for this program. We are truly going to excel.
-Rosalee St. Lot, HAAS

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I "met" my mentee Mavis virtually. It was really nice to get a virtual tour of her classroom, and get a feel of who she is and how she came into teaching, Mavis is so happy to be teaching Kindergarten for the 5th year and is ready to start another year with her scholars. I will meet with her next week to see how her first day went.
Elise =)

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I already know my mentee, I work closely with him. I am the PE teacher and he teaches health at our school. We met today at lunch and he is so excited to our middle schoolers all about health! He is a wonderful person and such a positive role model for our students.  I really look forward to mentoring him and helping him grow as a teacher!

~ Justin

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My mentee has been around for a few years, working in the office, so she is very familiar with how the school works, all procedures, however she is nervous about this change and how her role shifts with this new position. She was happy to find out I was her mentor, since we had built a prior relationship - she has built strong relationships with many of our teachers and students and this is another asset she can use. Overall it was a positive first meeting and I am looking forward to being her mentor!
Angela

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I already know my mentee, but we met via Zoom this afternoon. He is teaching mobile (from home) this year and said he was nervous about using the technology, but he said the first week is going better than he expected. He seems very positive about the school year!
-Kortney Dunn

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Hello Everyone!

I met with my mentees yesterday. Both teachers are super excited to be in the program and opportunity to work together individually and as a team. We also discussed what we would like to gain the most from the program. I planned the best day and time each week to meet with each mentee separately once a week. Overall, the conversation(s) were great!

Jillian Shellard
DCSM

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I was super excited to meet with my mentee!! It is his third year teaching.  He loves teaching Civics!!    We are looking forward to working together this year!!
-Jennifer Carmona

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I met with my mentee today and we had a great conversation!  My mentee has been with the school a few years and we have spoken before but have never really had the chance to have more in depth conversation; our meeting today gave us this opportunity. My mentee is excited about the new school year even with all the changes due to COVID-19. He also will be taking on the role of 4th grade team lead, which he is looking forward to managing with everything else.
-Tiffany Thompson

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I met with both of my mentees today via  a Teams call. We are transitioning over to the platform, so I figured it was best to host the meeting that way. I had intended to meet with them privately, but they expressed that they would be happy to have a group meet instead. It helps that we have been working together for a few years and have had the opportunity to work closely with each other in the past (one of them happens to be on my 3rd grade team!). Although we have been working, discussing and helping each other for weeks now it was nice to have a moment to slow down, unpack, discuss, and share. I told them that I was looking forward to getting to work with them. They have work ethic for days, don't shy away from change, and enjoy learning and growing! They seemed excited about being in the program and expressed their gratitude in getting to work with me. We decided in having our private, weekly meetings during our office hour at the end of the day or during planning. However, we have not chosen a specific day. I thought we could determine that later next week once we have actually begun classes and removed that first day anxiety. After our meeting one of my mentees stayed on, so I could show her how to upload her virtual classroom into Schoology. I truly look forward to working with such driven and innovative teachers.
- Anays Perez

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Had my first mentor meeting today and I am surprised of how ready he is for the school year. He actually shared pretty cool ideas and tips for me to use too. He is barely concerned about starting school next week so I know he is ready to take on the challenge (growth mindset).
-Talia

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I met with my mentee this morning! She is super excited to start the program and is looking forward to growing professionally!
-Lindsay Spann

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I met with my mentees yesterday and it was awesome! They are both dedicated teachers who are excited to start the school year. I am glad that I will be able to assist these dedicated and amazing educators. We agreed that I will touch based with them Monday after our first day of virtual learning.

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I was so excited to be Janet's mentor. I met her last year when she was working in the ESOL department. This year she was at the new teacher orientation for our school. I told her I was her mentor and she as really excited. I cannot wait to work with her more.
-Kylie Root

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I was so happy to see that my mentee was a colleague on my same team. We began working together last year and get along very well. This year we have already worked together a bit and I have constant communication with her. I have been helping her set up and get ready for this school year. We are excited to see what this program has in store for us both!
-Suzanne Ganivet

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My mentee and I met last year, so I was happy to find out that we already knew each other enough to be comfortable speaking candidly. I visited her classroom today and she was centered in the middle of her tech hub (3 laptops & a monitor) seamlessly navigating through mobile learning! She taught MS last year but this is her first official year as a Kindergarten teacher and she says she already likes it much better ;D
- Courtney Roswell

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I was so happy to find out who I would be mentoring! We were on the same team last year and it was such an amazing year! She was so excited when I told her and cannot wait to get started! She is such a positive person and I am so proud of her already!

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Fortunately, my mentee is on my middle school team.  We get to have lunch together every day.  I just finished sending individual texts to my entire team telling them how great they were with our kids this week. The responses that came back made my weekend.