Tips for Mentors
October 2024
Essential Question of the Month
Dear Mentors,
In our BEST Mentor Roundtables we have a monthly essential question for you. We invite you to join us at Mentor Roundtables. Registration is open all year!
Essential Question of the Month:
How do you support your mentee in developing knowledge and skills related to standards, instructional strategies and assessment methods?
Standards to Connect With:
- Standard 4.a: Curricular connections
- Standard 4.c: Frameworks and Standards
- Standard 4.d: Assessments and Data Analysis
Mentor Roundtables are a wonderful, on-going, professional learning community. You can mix and match sessions to fit your schedule, needs, and interests.
Linked below is our full list of BEST Events and Trainings. Page 3 lists all of our Mentor Roundtables complete with registration links. Enjoy!
Upcoming BEST Events and Trainings
Mentors can sign up for one Roundtable or mix and match sessions.
Resources Around Student Growth Data:
Upcoming
BEST Mentor Academies:
October
View the entire year of events on our BEST website.
Foundational Learning
NAKIA Academy kicks off on at the end of September!
- Cohort A starts October 10, 4-7pm.
- Cohort B starts October 12, 9-12pm.
- Cohort C starts October 5, 9-12pm
- Cohort D, School Counselors, starts September 28, 9-12pm.
Applications for NAKIA Academy are now closed. Congratulations to all the educators who have been accepted! We look forward to providing an experience that is focused on building trust and learning in community.
Mentor Academy 101
Extended Learning
Observation & Feedback: Using Instructional Frameworks in Mentoring
Mentoring Teachers of Special Education
Mentoring ESAs
Academy event registration will close 48 hours prior to the academy. Please plan ahead and register prior to 48 hours to the event. If registration has closed and you want to get in, please contact us: best@k12.wa.us. We can help! Thank you.
November & December: Intentional Program Pause
BEST's calendar of events have an intentional pause with most events in November and December.
This structural break allows for our program to engage in necessary reflections and planning. It also honors the break many school districts take this time of year.
Events that will still run in November and December include NAKIA Academy and Mentor Roundtables.
Academies to look forward to in January 2025:
Foundational Learning
- Mentor Academy 201, January 9, 16, 23, 30, 4-7pm
- Mentor Academy 101, January 11, 25 (Saturdays), 8-3pm
- Mentor Academy 101, January 14, 16, 8-3pm
Extended Learning
- School Nurses Mentor Academy, January 13, 8-3pm
Register here:
Coaching & Mentoring Tools
Choose from the following list of tools to support your practice:
Induction and Mentoring Resources
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