Saturday:Top Notch Teachers; Jennifer Caldwell
I found the conversation about mentors in the article very interesting. the author suggests that a highly structured mentoring program may cause issues for new teachers. A highly structured program would require a specified amount of time with all new teachers to meet with their mentors. This would take time from planning lessons and such. However, this required time could be spent as a team effort in planning lessons. We have a formal mentoring program in our district and I find that the "informal" mentoring relationships have as much as value as the formal relationships.