Ideas From and For TBCDSB New Teachers & Mentors
Building Relational Trust
November 5, 2019
- Listening without judgment
- Being trusting ourselves - sharing our own challenges
- Following through with actions
- Sharing about ourselves
November 14 & 15, 2018
- Being open and vulnerable ourselves - building trust by being trusting
- Listening without judgement
- Being "real"
- Actions matching our words
- Showing we care
November 14, 2017
- Sharing experiences
- Being empathetic
- Being real and listening
- Seeing mentoring as reciprocal
- Finding time to be authentically present
- Providing positive reinforcement
- Sharing resources
- Being approachable
March 21, 2017
- Being genuine
- Being "real"
- Asking questions to get to know person
- Coaching
- Listening, listening, listening
- Making "mistakes" into learning opportunities
- Being welcoming and simply smiling;
Jan 18, 2017
- Listening...just listening
- Showing empathy
- Being non-evaluative
- Sharing our own challenges
- Offering perspective from our experiences
- Being open and honest
- Making yourself available as a resource - feeling of safety
- Recognizing the power of laughter
- Creating a sharing environment (in person and /or online)
- Having common work rooms / spaces to connect
The Power of Listening
Goal Setting Conversations
- What strengths and attributes do you bring to your role?
- What are your hopes, wishes and dreams for your students?
- What goals do you have for your professional learning this year?
- How do you see our collaboration best working?
- What are the best ways for us to communicate? (preferred tools, times, methods)
- Who else can provide support and mentorship?
- What are the next steps in our collaboration?
Appreciative Inquiry
Themes of Success