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Collaborative Mentoring for New Teachers | Edutopia
Having participated in face-to-face mentorship programs for new professionals coming into the field of adult English language learners, I found the idea of a virtual mentorship (Lisa M. Dabbs / Edutopia's New Teacher Connection Groups) very refreshing and very much in line with the 21st Century teaching / learning philosophy.
As there seems to have very few "ed-tech applications" and conferences we could attend to help us meaningfully incorporate technology in our classrooms, the virtual collaborative mentoring is the way to go.
I welcome your thoughts on this.
This is a great idea! Not only is our education coming from latest technologies, our training as teachers is using it as well.
ReplyDeleteI have to say I would have preferred this method By Lisa Dabbs to the face to face mentoring done by one person. This collaboration would have worked much better as I was teaching math at the time, and had a special education teacher as a mentor. My friend is an art teacher who had a middle school counselor as a teacher, not even in the same building.
I feel like this collaborative model gives teachers many more opportunities to grow.
Mentorhsip: anywhere and anytime...
DeleteI understand your feelings regarding some of the inconveniences of the face-to-face mentorship programs.
I have had the honour of serving as a mentor to a few professionals coming to field of adult EAL (not necessarily new teachers!), and the meeting times were always after a long day a work; otherwise, we would not find suitable times on a weekly basis.
Despite these few issues, I have always been fortunate to have very rewarding experiences -- both offering and receiving information from/to mentee.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experience!