Series Description: This is part of a three-part series about mentoring. Participants will be invited to explore ways to identify, customize, and utilize current and new resources to support new staff at your school.

Series Description: What kinds of resources do you already have in place and how can you leverage them to support new staff members? During this course you will hear from a teacher-leader who is serving as a mentor coordinator as he leads a mentoring program in his school. Gain ideas to use the resources you have to support a range of mentoring experiences and programs by starting where you are, with the resources you currently have. Whether you have no program or adjusting a current one, participants will leave with new ideas to implement in their school community to support staff success.

Course Description: What kinds of resources do you already have in place and how can you leverage them to support new staff members? During this course you will hear from a teacher-leader who is serving as a mentor coordinator as he leads a mentoring program in his school. Gain ideas to use the resources you have to support a range of mentoring experiences and programs by starting where you are, with the resources you currently have. Whether you have no program or adjusting a current one, participants will leave with new ideas to implement in their school community to support staff success.

Course Objectives:
* Listen to a mentor coordinator share his experiences about what he’s learned along the way as he
facilitates a mentoring program for his school.
* Learn different ways to design and implement a mentoring program that is “just right” for your school community.
* Learn ways to identify and mitigate challenges that might evolve, along with effective solutions and approaches.
* Learn some essential “must haves” for an effective mentoring program.

Audience: Leaders or Teacher-Leaders K-12

Time:1 hour

Presenter(s):
Kathy Oboyoski-Butler
Christopher Karle

Courses in Mentoring: Resources and Implementation Series:
Mentoring: The Basics
Mentoring: Customize for Your School