Mirror sessions provide teachers the opportunity to observe instructional practices of other colleagues. This can be the Mentor observing the novice teacher or the novice teacher observing their Mentor or another teacher.

With your novice teacher, choose a time for a FSC. Record and share no more than 15 minutes of the video with your TxCEE coach.

To consider:

-Follow the Phases of a Fireside Chat

-Incorporate the stages of a credible coaching conversation: ask a question, pause, paraphrase, pause, ask a follow-up question

-Move the novice's thinking with reflective questioning and purposeful paraphrasing

May-Mentor Success Indicator Reflection

Wednesday, May 6 @ 4:30 PM

Discuss how each of you will show up for a healthy, productive mentoring partnership.

Mentors, be sure to ask reflective questions and paraphrase to have an effective coaching conversation.

Anchor your work together in the Architecture of Coaching (coaching cycle) and the T-TESS.

Set and plan for your first co-created goal that will support students. Use the Goal setting guide to be sure the goal is meaningful, observable, and impactful.

All participants must be somewhere safe and not driving to join.

*Notes or a checklist to make parent phone call, plan the phone call out. Model/role play a phone call. Takes away the fear.

*Contact previous teacher or a specials/elective teacher the students gets along with to get insight regarding behaviors and what interventions work.

*Reach out with parents. Build strong relationship with positive contacts with parents early in the year–email (documentation if behavior continues).

*Get help and guidance with team.

*See what is happening in another classroom-see good behaviour management, BIP, reach out to admin. Also a great time to check that any SpED modifications/accommodations are being followed. (Follow FERPA)

*Ultimately get to know the student (2 positive contacts over 10 days).

Not trying to get the student in trouble, looking to support the child. Don’t go straight to punishment

March 24 at 7:00 AM

March 25 at 4:00 PM

March 26 at 4:30 PM