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I discovered that mentoring is more challenging during a pandemic.
--C. Whalen

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--C. Whalen

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Finding time is really hard this year. My mentee is only in the building one week out of every month, and very busy 

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Finding time is really hard this year. My mentee is only in the building one week out of every month, and very busy 

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--C. Whalen

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--C. Whalen

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It is important to start with the simple things.

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It is important to start with the simple things.

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-D. Greenleaf

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It can be difficult to distinguish between mentoring duties and the duties a colleague in the same department would perform anyways. 

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It can be difficult to distinguish between mentoring duties and the duties a colleague in the same department would perform anyways. 

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-Kelsey Burnell

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Not knowing all the solutions when your mentee needs help with student behaviors.

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Not knowing all the solutions when your mentee needs help with student behaviors.

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-Kelsey Burnell

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My mentee and I try and use gratitude at the end of each week to reflect on what went well and on our own personal strengths. I could model how we do that.

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My mentee and I try and use gratitude at the end of each week to reflect on what went well and on our own personal strengths. I could model how we do that.

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-Kelsey Burnell

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As a new mentor, I am not even sure what all of the topics are! I am up for anything.

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As a new mentor, I am not even sure what all of the topics are! I am up for anything.

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-Kelsey Burnell

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Teaching during a pandemic is new to all of us. Sometimes I don't feel very helpful... Ellen

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Teaching during a pandemic is new to all of us. Sometimes I don't feel very helpful... Ellen

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Maybe strategies for observing in a digital setting?

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Maybe strategies for observing in a digital setting?

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Ellen

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New-to-the-district teachers need a different type of mentorship than new-to-teaching teachers.
-Curtis Taylor

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Trying to support my mentee through emails as they are inconsistent with attending our scheduled meetings.
-Curtis Taylor

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Supporting/Coaching my mentee around classroom management issues.  This continues to be a struggle for her, and I continue to try and find other ways to help her with this.

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Supporting/Coaching my mentee around classroom management issues.  This continues to be a struggle for her, and I continue to try and find other ways to help her with this.

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C. Barrett

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I am realizing just how hard it is to mentor someone who has never taught the subject area they are assigned to teach!  

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I am realizing just how hard it is to mentor someone who has never taught the subject area they are assigned to teach!  

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C. Barrett

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Not sure at the moment, but I'm willing to share.

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Not sure at the moment, but I'm willing to share.

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C. Barrett

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C. Barrett

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I have learned to keep listening, and know when to ask questions, and when to step back and let my mentee's reflections happen authentically.

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I have learned to keep listening, and know when to ask questions, and when to step back and let my mentee's reflections happen authentically.

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-M. Williams

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Mentoring during a pandemic when personal issues hit both you and your mentee is a real challenge~Karen

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Mentoring during a pandemic when personal issues hit both you and your mentee is a real challenge~Karen

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Time and energy is hard.  Finding time during the work day and then finding the energy for "good" mentor/mentee work has been a challenge~Karen

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Time and energy is hard.  Finding time during the work day and then finding the energy for "good" mentor/mentee work has been a challenge~Karen

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It is sometimes difficult to not look for fixes, but to just let the first year happen.  Sometimes what I think is a trouble spot, may look like a success for my mentee.

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It is sometimes difficult to not look for fixes, but to just let the first year happen.  Sometimes what I think is a trouble spot, may look like a success for my mentee.

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- M. Williams

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More from Mentors Matters. - M. Williams

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More from Mentors Matters. - M. Williams

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-M. Williams

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We all seem a little more "apart" than usual (in more than a 6' way) so having a specific check-in time with one person each week has been important - even if we don't really accomplish any "task" during that time.    - - Lisa T

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My mentee is an interventionist so, even in a normal year, her schedule and students would be continually changing. It's hard to know in this year, with limited in-person student time, where she is going to be the most effective with the time she has. - - Lisa T

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It's ok to enlist help when the problems are not my area of expertise (staying mindful of being confidential). 

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It's ok to enlist help when the problems are not my area of expertise (staying mindful of being confidential). 

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Our reduced staff makes it hard to get coverage in order to do observations and have meetings. Zoom observations are ok for that format but not for in-school. 

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Our reduced staff makes it hard to get coverage in order to do observations and have meetings. Zoom observations are ok for that format but not for in-school. 

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Sometimes we need to help our mentee shift their thinking from, "I don't need more help," to " We are in this together." 

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Sometimes we need to help our mentee shift their thinking from, "I don't need more help," to " We are in this together." 

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Listen, listen, listen and ask questions! 

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Listen, listen, listen and ask questions! 

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Jennifer Hill

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From Mentoring Matters: Calendar of Options (p 13-16), Bit from sections 2, 3, and 4 and maybe more time in section 5?

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From Mentoring Matters: Calendar of Options (p 13-16), Bit from sections 2, 3, and 4 and maybe more time in section 5?

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Jennifer Hill

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Jennifer Hill

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Working with a new teacher in a pandemic has generated some great conversations about how to sift through the chaos to get to what is most important.  We have been forced to reduce the amount of content to focus on essentials and its been helpful to discuss this process.

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Working with a new teacher in a pandemic has generated some great conversations about how to sift through the chaos to get to what is most important.  We have been forced to reduce the amount of content to focus on essentials and its been helpful to discuss this process.

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-Brian D

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Finding balance between wanting to support them without overwhelming or taking too much of their time.

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Finding balance between wanting to support them without overwhelming or taking too much of their time.

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-Brian D

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I would love an effective tool for a "mentee needs assessment" that could help us identify areas to target/discuss.

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I would love an effective tool for a "mentee needs assessment" that could help us identify areas to target/discuss.

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Brian D

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Brian D

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Finding enough time to meet when listening is so important.  

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Finding enough time to meet when listening is so important.  

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Elizabeth T

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Shifting the conversation from debrief to generating solutions.

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Shifting the conversation from debrief to generating solutions.

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Elizabeth T