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2011-12 Program Documents - Frequently Asked Questions
- Information for Superintendents
- Participant Enrollment Form
- Participant Expectations
- Program Agreement
- Program Description
- Mentor Reflection Log
2011-12 Mentor Orientation Webinars
- Assistant Principal Mentor Orientation
- Elementary Principal Mentor Orientation
- Middle School/High School Principal Mentor Orientation
- Superintendent Mentor Orientation
2011-12 Resources
- The Impact of Standards-Based Teacher Evaluation on Instruction and Professional Practices in Iowa: A dissertation review (shared at Superintendents' Statewide Mentoring Meeting)
- Survey instruments from The Impact of Standards-Based Teacher Evaluation on Instruction (shared at Superintendents' Statewide Mentoring Meeting)
- Online mentoring modules
- Dealing with Budget Constraints webinar and PPT slides
- Hiring Documents and webinar Link:
- Best Practices for Hiring Quality Teachers webinar and PowerPoint slides
- Dos and Don'ts of Interviewing
- General Behavioral Interview Questions
- Hiring Process
- Interview Committee Orientation
- Performance-Based Tasks
- Rationalizing Settling in Hiring
- Reference Check
- Safe Interviewing
- Sample Interview Questions
- Sample Performance-Based Tasks
- The Teaching Job: Restructuring for Effectiveness publication from ERS
Past Program Materials
Additional Web Resources
- A Wallace Perspective: "Getting Principal Mentoring Right: Lessons from the Field"
- "Good Principals Aren’t Born — They’re Mentored: Are We Investing Enough to Get the School Leaders We Need?"
- "Making the Case for Principal Mentoring" from the Education Alliance at Brown University
- Mentor Toolkit - an outstanding resource from the Michigan Association of School Administrators
- Practical Tips and Suggestions for Principals from Education World
- "Principles for Mentoring Principals" from Edutopia
- Resources from the International Mentoring Association
