Online Tracking and Documentation
Mentors are required to document their support in our on-line documentation system, Mentor Tracking System (MTS). Timely and accurate tracking of your mentoring sessions is critical to the certification of the new teacher.
Mentor Tracking System (MTS)
At the beginning of the school year, teachers who are new to the teaching profession are assigned to a mentor so that they can receive personalized support through their first year of teaching. The updated Mentor Tracking System (formerly known as NTIMS) is used for making mentor matches and documenting the mentoring interactions between mentor and new teacher.
Quality Mentoring
The Professional Teaching Standards (PTS) provides a research based definition of best teaching practice that can be used as a lens to frame your work in supporting your new teachers.
12-Hour School Based Mentor Training Sessions
School-based mentors can attend a 12-hour course that explores the most effective ways to support their new teacher colleagues. Topics include trust and relationship building, mentor language, mentoring protocols, mentoring tools, adult learning, collecting classroom observational data, non-judgmental feedback, effective questioning techniques, coaching strategies, the Professional Teaching Standards, and the phases of new teacher development. School-based mentors will receive training rate payment for completing the course. Sessions are offered Saturdays, Sundays, and after school. To register, visit http://pd.nycoit.org/, go to Quick Search/SELECT DEPARTMENT, and choose Office of New Teacher Induction from the dropdown menu.
Additional Resources
The Teacher Page offers a variety of resources that can assist you in supporting your new teachers. http://schools.nyc.gov/Teachers/default.htm. The new newly created Teacher Development Toolkit located on the Teacher Page may prove particularly useful. The resources and tools contained within can be used to identify effective teaching strategies and guide discussions between mentors and beginning teachers.
Positions as Mentors
Experienced expert teachers who are interested in serving as mentors should contact their principal. There may be limited opportunities for retired expert teachers who should also contact individual principals directly.