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INTC collects, creates, and shares valuable resources, tools, and insights to help you support new teachers more effectively. These resources are generously offered by experienced practitioners across the state, ensuring they are relevant, practical, and impactful for your work.
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Building a Mentor Program from the Ground Up
Jake Palmer & Maddie Wright
Building a robust mentoring and induction program in your district can be tough. Where do you start? Who needs to be involved? Grade School Principal Jake Palmer and Mentor Teacher Maddie Wright share how to build a mentor program from scratch or very little. Fisher Grade School has increased the amount of support for mentor teachers during this past school year and have seen significant improvements in teacher performance, as well as school culture. It's the harsh reality that staff is turning over like never before. As school leaders, we need to embrace this reality and do everything we can to support & ensure new teachers’ success.
Many Needs, Little Time? Reimagine Your Mentoring Model!
Janelle Hockett
Reflect upon your system’s mentoring model. Reimagine what could better meet the needs of new staff. Rejoice over tools and resources that may support your system’s growth. During our time together, you will hear part of our district's journey and gain moments of reflection about your own system's mentoring program. You'll also have the opportunity to investigate tools and resources and begin to plan for propelling your mentoring program to new heights.
- Successful Strategies offered by new teachers for new teachers.
- The Illinois Induction Program Startup Guide provides comprehensive information, including a proposed timeline, for starting a new teacher mentoring and induction program.
- The Illinois Mentoring website contains training modules that were collaboratively developed by induction leaders from across the state. Modules are provided for program coordinators, mentors, beginning teachers, and administrators. Create a free login to access the materials.
- INTC Research Highlights are one-page reports that summarize INTC’s research on new teachers and induction programs and are suitable for sharing with mentors, administrators, and school boards.
- Illinois Induction Research provides reports, created by INTC and other research organizations, on mentoring, induction, and new teacher needs in Illinois.
- The Program Impact Evaluation Workbook provides a step-by-step guide for induction programs—or any programs—to evaluate their impact.
- The Fact Sheet and its Reference List contain important need-to-know information on induction and mentoring in Illinois.
- Administrator Academy #1573 materials are available for your program.
- Timeline of Induction and Mentoring in Illinois.