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How can Mentors help BTs build relationships with students?

What are some strategies/tips/methods can Mentors share and/or
share with their BTs based on needs in different scenarios that may
arise?

How can Mentors help BTs to be aware of importance of establishing
effective communications and interactions with students and its effect on
student learning?

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What are some ideas Mentors can give to BTs to support building
relationships with students/parents?

How can Mentors help BTs create and put into practice ways to
communicate with parents/guardians effectively to build a partnership
to support their child.

What can Mentor do to support BTs in ways to include families in
improving student success?

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What can Mentors do to help BTs learn/understand about
environment of school/community?

How can Mentors support their BTs growth/understanding and
introduction in meeting/engaging with school colleagues/community?

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What can Mentors do to help their BT know/understand the culture
of their school/classroom/community in support of student learning

· How can Mentors support their BTs understanding of impact of
diversity on student learning? Knowing what diversity in these areas
look like?

· How can Mentor help BTs in creating lessons/activities/classroom
culture/design of room in being aware of culturally inclusive practices
and what that looks like?

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How can Mentors share their range of
knowledge/experiences/resources/techniques to support BTs
classroom management? In movement forward?

· What can a Mentor do to help BTs establish a respectful/inviting
learning environment for all students?

· What can Mentors do to help BTs develop/create a respectful
inviting and inclusive learning environment for everyone?

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How can Mentors support BTs in learning more about learning needs of
their students and understanding labels given to them?

· How can Mentors support BTs in
finding/creating/understanding/implementing appropriate instructional
strategies to meet needs of all students?

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Encourage BTs to observe as many other teachers as possible.
Share PD opportunities.
Video yourself.
Greet each student each day.
Be mindful of your classroom aesthetic, furniture, and established routines.

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Show them around the school, introduce to other teachers, staff, etc, sit with them in PD's and meetings.  Encourage mentees to use local resources in lessons, example guest speaker....promote open door type mentality.

Encourage your mentee to support their students in extra curricular activities.
Acknowledge that not all students have a positive home life and be sensitive to that.

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Relationships with students - Tracey, Tammy, Jennifer, Lacy

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Relationships with students - Tracey, Tammy, Jennifer, Lacy

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1. -Find a common interest you both have.
-Give an interest inventory.
-Positive praise.
-Join them for lunch or invite them to eat                   with you.
2 -Strategies for group work-sit with a different group each day.
-Be aware of student emotions and use vocabulary and model how to use your words. Teach ways to regulate emotions.
3-Students will perform better if relationships are established; will increase academic performance.

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Review students' IEPs
Answer questions about all educational jargon and acronyms
Promoting collaboration with Special Programs dept
PD opportunities
Get to know students' learning styles & interests
Modeling your knowledge for BT of ways to assess students in different ways
Observing ways other teachers present lessons and include various methods

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Relationships with Families - Tracey, Tammy, Jennifer, Lacy

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Relationships with Families - Tracey, Tammy, Jennifer, Lacy

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1.  A Million Words or Less- Letter from Parents, Send home positive post-its for each child by end of the week.  Send pictures of them working hard in class.
2. Positive communication via email or phone. Parent/Teacher Conferences.
3. Sharing strategies from home & school that parents can use. Have parents develop at home rewards to reinforce Class Dojo.

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Acknowledge that not all students have a positive home life and be sensitive to that. When you are reading a book about the beach, not all students may have had the opportunity to go to the beach this Summer or over track out.

Collaborate with other grade levels, specials, teachers on how to enhance each others lessons. Use each other as a resource when exploring different cultures.

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- Being "real" is an important aspect of gaining their trust and loyalty
- The sense of loyalty that you create will be the foundation for the type of work/learning they do for you!
- They need consistent and caring discipline...most of them are craving structure.

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- Loyalty and respect go hand in hand.
- There must be a strong foundation of mutual respect in order for the classroom to run smoothly and for the learning environment to be optimized.

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1. A great way to build relationships between teachers, parents, and students is sending a positive email to each family. Some families never get a positive email and may be bitter when there is a disciplinary problem. You can keep track of the positive emails on your grade book.

2. Communicating with parents can be a little tricky. My black-and-white brain has come up with a formula to help when sending an email that may not be taken well.

Positive Comment + Concern (not overly negative) + Question about how the teacher can help

I find that the personal question about how the teacher can help the individual student helps the parent feel like they are a part of the team. An example questions can include:
- What have teachers done in the past that has been successful?
- What strategies do you use at home when you see this behavior?
- How can I help your student feel comfortable in my classroom?

3. Updating the parents is the best bet to have family buy-in with student success. Assuming that parents know the student is doing better can really hurt your relationship.

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1. The EWA community is huge. Students live in all different places and have a variety of interests. The best way that I've found to incorporate the school/community is to have guest speakers or classroom helpers. I've had a scientist from NC State come to my class which brings a great connection to colleges in our area. I've also had parent volunteers in my class. This was helpful because the parent knew the students on a personal level and was able to help with classroom management.

2. I love going to student sport events. My team and I tend to go to one game for each sport so parents and students can see our support. This is a great way for students to see the teachers in public and notice that we are just as human as everyone else.

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I always find starting off the year with a positive call or email home right off the bat helps when/if you have to make calls home about things that are not so positive. Also making sure to ask parents what works for them at home. Making them feel like it's a partnership that they're input is needed and wanted in.

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For students with IEP's make sure you're reaching out to their case manager. Not just to talk about what they need from you but even to see what they're working on with the student so that you can see where the gaps are. Keep an open line of communication with that case manager as you are both partners working toward the same goal of success for that child.

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Get to know them. Make a connection. They love knowing something about you outside of school. During virtual we connected by showing my dogs sleeping during my lessons and then at the end they shared their pets visiting during Zoom.

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Always reach out. At least an email to keep parents in the loop. A phone call for a more direct conversation. AND try to send positive message from time to time. I like to email the students and copy the parent on it.