Mentoring for Mentors: Model Demonstration Boards

Presenters: Wendy Whitehead (Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board), Kendall Olsen & Laurie Holliday (Rainy River District School Board)

Representatives from two Ontario District School Boards present their experiences and findings resulting from participation in the Ontario Ministry of Education’s pilot Mentoring Demonstration Project.

• successful matching of mentors and new teachers depended upon compatibility
• support for mentors included full day training sessions, networking time, inservice and support of administrators, celebration
• importance of steering committee - members, roles and responsibilities, integration of concepts in orientation, PD and mentoring
• alignment of mentorship program and NTIP is important
• key principles of induction programs, including acknowledgement of the attitudes and stages of concern of new teachers
• effective mentoring models include one-on-one, same school, same family of schools, at a distance, group mentoring, within the context of a professional learning community

Links:

1. Whitehead, W., Olsen, K., & Holliday, L. (2006, November). Mentoring for
          mentors: Model demonstration boards. [PowerPoint slides]
2. Olsen, K. (2006, November). Mentoring for mentors: Effective training,
          models and practices. [PowerPoint slides] 
3. Whitehead, W., Holliday, L., & Olsen, K. (2006, November 3). Mentoring
          for mentors. Video retrieved from
          http://www.curriculum.org/NTIP/videos.shtml