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Welcome to the Winter 2025 Mentor Kickoff! 

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Welcome to the Winter 2025 Mentor Kickoff! 

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Google Drive Folder: Mentor Teacher Resources

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How many years have you worked with Adult English Language Learners?

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1. Define purpose of mentor teachers

2. Support throughout the arc of the term

3. FAQs + Feedback from Fall 2024

4. New Teacher Reference

5. Reaching out

6. Getting paid

7. Mentee-Mentor Pairs

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Link to sandbox card: How can mentor teachers support mentees throughout the term?

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To leverage existing knowledge and experience of veteran program instructors

To encourage teachers to collaborate and create collegial networks

To supplement existing support of Lead Teachers and Plum Staff

To provide guidance and follow up support on FCPS-ACE Adult ESOL specifics (ASPD, paperwork, etc.)

To retain quality instructors in our program

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Provide sample lessons & collaborating on teaching and planning

Tailoring lessons to include communicative activities

Answering questions about ELPs

Collaborating on how to assess for student growth

Determining next level recommendations (and paperwork)

Ventures Resources (collaborative activities, picture dictionaries and college and career readiness worksheets)

Supplemental Resource level Google Drives

CASAS Steps testing procedures and paperwork

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Pair mentors and mentees prior to the PLC

Pair mentors and mentees earlier (first 2 weeks is when mentees needed most support)

Ensure mentees truly want a mentor and aren’t just assigned one because they’re new

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Google Drive Folder: Mentor Teacher Resources

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Google Drive Folder: Mentor Teacher Resources

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This is a folder with general mentor teacher resources, including:

mentor-to-mentee draft email

teaching ideas

resource websites organized by category

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Mentors teachers receive 8 hours of pay per term to be accessible and provide support (1 hr a week). NOTE: Mentee time is voluntary.

Week 1 - Kickoff Meeting

Week 2 - Mentee support (1hr)

Week 3 - Mentee support (1hr)

Week 4 - Mentee support (1hr)

Week 5 - Mentee support (1hr)

Week 6 - Mentee support (1hr)

Week 7 - Mentee support (1hr)

Week 8 - End-of-Term wrapup (1hr)

When putting in your time in MyTime, use the notes section to note your inputting mentoring hours.

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Link to sandbox card: Questions.

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jllightner@fcps.edu

386-916-3004 (cell)

703-658-2755 (desk)

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Link to sandbox card: What if my mentee doesn't contact me?

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Link to sandbox card: New Teacher Reference