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New Teacher Mentor Resources
Dallas ISD is committed to supporting beginning teachers in their first or second year of teaching. In partnership with Professional & Digital Learning, Human Capital Management will follow best practices in Texas Administrative Code §48.114 and 21.458. The Teacher Mentor Program will provide opportunities to support beginning teachers, resulting in high-quality instruction, improved student performance, and retention of new educators joining the teaching profession.
The Teacher Mentor Program specifically seeks to:
- Provide a campus-based mentor to beginning teachers in their first or second year of teaching
- Provide effective support to beginning teachers to successfully transition into the teaching assignment
- Coach beginning teachers to improve their performance
- Orient beginning teachers to district and campus policies and procedures
- Assist beginning teachers with connections to district curriculum and curricular resources, including formative and summative assessments
- Help beginning teachers build positive relationships to ensure student success
- Provide professional development that includes mentorship best practices to mentors and appropriate campus staff throughout the school year
Resources for beginning teachers and their mentors are available at https://sites.google.com/dallasisd.org/disdpdl/mentor-teachers/mentor-teacher-resources?authuser=0.
Resources
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2023-2024 Mentor Stipend Agreement
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Classroom Management
- Tips For Classroom Management
- Tips For Building Positive Relationships With Students
- Tips For Working With Academically Underprepared Students
- What Can I Do When Students Struggle?
- Tips For Utilizing Classroom Walls
- Classroom Behavior Management: A Dozen Common Mistakes And What To Do Instead by Patricia M. Barbetta, Kathleen Leong Norona, and David F. Bicard
- The Key To Classroom Management by Robert J. Marzano and Jana S. Marzano
- Using Teacher Praise And Opportunities To Respond To Promote Appropriate Student Behavior by Tara C. Moore Partin, Rachel E. Robertson, Daniel M. Maggin, Regina M. Oliver, and Joseph H. Wehby
- Social And Emotional Learning: Whatever. You Think I Care?
- Dodging The Power-Struggle Trap