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-the role a mentor plays might need to vary from person to person

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-is it more helpful for a new teacher to have a mentor in the building or one with a similar job?
-what are the key things that a mentor should share with a teacher in their first few months of a new job?
-is it more effective to assign mentors formally than to make informal mentorships?

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Mentoring is providing support and guidance to someone new or someone need more support and guidance in an area or field.  

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Mentoring is providing support and guidance to someone new or someone need more support and guidance in an area or field.  

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Jamie Dodge

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What is effective mentoring suppose to look like?
Who can or can not be mentoring new staff/teachers?
Does mentoring only have to be for new staff/teachers?
What are positive and effective mentoring strategies?

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Mentoring is walking with someone through their journey and helping them get better at what they are doing.

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How to mentor those in different roles or those without common/shared experiences as yourself

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To answer my own earlier question under "What I want to know"..I think the skill set of a mentor as a coaching support (whether assigned formally or informally) is more important than whether or not they have a role just like their mentee. As we learned about coaching language, how to have tricky conversations, and thought through mentoring scenarios, I realized that a high quality mentor is one that has been grounded in some of the research around being a support to new teachers. That has given a lot of though to intentional work with others. Asking the right questions is probably more important than having all the answers...

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How to design a structure for developing high quality mentors, when face to face professional learning opportunities might be limited (due to time, money, etc.) How to best recruit staff to be mentors, if it will be a new program in district without guarantee of stipend and with some unknowns on how much time it will require of the mentor (on top of a full time teaching position).

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I learned that there are so many different ways to mentoring someone and creating a culture of positivity, structure and motivation to succeed in life. I learned how to have effective communication with your mentees. I learned that self-care, self-awareness, and reflection are a huge factors in the teachers success. Being self-aware, is important to understanding who we are and how we can relate to others around us.

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I want to learn more about coaching and the differences between mentoring and coaching. I want to find more professional development that would help teachers learn to become positive and effective mentors. I would want to learn more about that coaching stem and how to implement it into my process.

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I learned a lot about self-reflection and how this impacts my ability to be there for a mentee. This also helps me help them do the same. I learned a lot about how to help myself and others deal with their emotions so they don't guide their reactions. I learned that a huge part of teacher's success has to do with the community surrounding them as well so I'd like to help integrate teachers more so they know they have people to turn to personally and professionally.

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I think this class was great to train me as a mentor to be effective but not everyone is taking this class so I'd love some practical things to implement to help train others to be a great mentor--maybe it is just modeling it..who knows!

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- the process with be different with different people (what works with one may not work with another).
- it's a journey to help other be a better version of themselves.
_ I may not have the answers, but I can always help find them.

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-Is it better to have one or two mentors for the new teachers for the whole year or should they rotate through a different staff member each month?
- How do you mentor someone who doesn't want a mentor?

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I learned about how the language you use can affect the whole conversation and the outcomes of that conversation. I also learned that self-care is a major factor in teacher burnout. I struggle with this and have picked up a few strategies to improve in this area such as having a set amount of time to devote to school things at home.  I also learned how to just step back and breathe before engaging in a situation because sometimes I let my emotions get the better of me.