General Description

Mentor Leader is not a stand-alone, but an additional responsibility of an instructional classroom position.  This role is a curriculum contract to the regular duties assigned to the individual’s instructional position.  The mentor leader is responsible for the coordination, design, implementation, and assessment of school-based supports for new teachers and their cooperating mentors.  During non-student contact time, this employee will support new teachers and their mentors utilizing various research-based best mentor support and practice opportunities. Those supports and practices are outlined within the duties of this position. 

Required Prerequisites

• Valid professional teaching certificate

• Minimum of three years professional teaching experience with evaluation ratings of “highly effective” or “effective” 

• Ability to work an extended schedule (or outside of contract hours) 

• Attended Clinical Educator Training (if taken more than 5 years ago, then the Mentor Leader agrees to take the Clinical Educator Refresher by the summer of the next school year) 

• Have experience mentoring teachers 

• Principal Recommendation 

Mentor Leader Responsibilities

• Coordinate and assist with facilitation of the new teacher campus tour 

• Develop a year-long meeting structure and plan that collaboratively engages new teachers with their assigned mentors 

• Facilitate at least monthly meetings for new teachers and mentors utilizing the New Teacher Support Guide to design topics of discussions and relevant activities 

• Inform new teachers, aspiring teacher mentors, and current mentors of upcoming professional development opportunities 

• Assist with creating structures and opportunities to assist new teachers and mentors with engaging in classroom observations, feedback cycles, and collaborative lesson planning practices 

• Serve as the point of contact for communication between school and district regarding needs of new teachers and mentors 

• Assist in pairing up new teachers with mentors to ensure that all new teachers have a trained and approved mentor assigned to them 

• Ensure that new teachers receive consistent support from their mentors 

• Support teacher mentors in understanding the expectations of their role as a mentor and recertifying their Clinical Educator certificate every five years 

• Serve as a resource to school administration to develop, facilitate, implement, and evaluate the school’s new teacher support program 

• Attend district professional development for Mentor Leader