Mentoring for teacher success
Dallas ISD is committed to supporting beginning teachers in their first or second year of teaching, and one of the ways that this happens is by providing them mentors.
Human Capital Management and Professional & Digital Learning partner to provide the Teacher Mentor Program, which supports beginning teachers, resulting in high-quality instruction, improved student performance, and retention of new educators joining the teaching profession.
The Teacher Mentor Program:
- Provides a campus-based mentor to beginning teachers in their first or second year of teaching
- Provides effective support to beginning teachers to successfully transition into their teaching assignment
- Coaches beginning teachers to improve their performance
- Orients beginning teachers to district and campus policies and procedures
- Assists beginning teachers with connections to district curriculum and curricular resources, including formative and summative assessments
- Helps beginning teachers build positive relationships to ensure student success
- Provides professional development that includes mentorship best practices to mentors and appropriate campus staff throughout the school year
One of the features of the Teacher Mentor program is the annual fall mixer where more than 700 teacher mentors, novice teachers, and central staff support teams gather to socialize, celebrate and network. The event includes a Department Fair that allows new teachers to learn more about what resources are available from central administration departments.
