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Building on the informative supports offered by mentoring webs for new and experienced classroom teachers and principals, Mentor training, release time, and opportunities for focused learning conversations have been enthusiastically welcomed by Early Childhood Educators, Finance, Human Resource and Operations professionals, as well as Program Leaders, Superintendents, and Principals.
The quote from an Early Childhood Educator (ECE) illustrates how a true culture of learning with and from each other, regardless of role, has been tangible at each of our Mentoring for All sessions, regardless of professional role.
“We are all focused on what is … best for children. It was powerful to share with a colleague who had a totally different perspective! Our board will only get better with this Mentoring for All over time.”
(ECE participant, April 2016).
Our our conversations, large and small continue and as a Board, we are committed to deepening and extending our exploration of models of mentoring in the coming years. We are ensuring that all new and experienced employees have opportunities to build the relational trust and develop “real world,” job embedded networks for professional learning conversations.