MENTORS’ HANDBOOK
(A resource for educators who assist beginning teachers with induction into
their ministry and profession)
3rd Edition
Archdiocese of St. Louis
Catholic Education Office
20 Archbishop May Drive
St. Louis, MO. 63119
Karen L. Tichy, Ed.D.
Associate Superintendent for Instruction
Phone: (314-792-7321)
E-Mail: stlinsstrsupt@archstl.org
July 2004
Mentoring Calendar
Year One
August:
Informally introduce yourself as mentor. (* You will be able to do this on
August 10, 2009 at the New Teacher Orientation Lunch – in the Library at
______ p.m.)
* Explain your role.
* Put the beginning teacher at ease.
*Introduce the beginning teacher to other faculty members.
Host the beginning teacher at the opening of school faculty meetings. (Please
check in with your Mentee on August 17th during the first full faculty meeting
of the year. Introduce her to people around you.)
* Give the beginning teacher a general orientation to the school. (Don’t try
to “go over” everything. Ask yourself “what are the things my new teacher
needs to know right now to feel comfortable and to get off to a good start?”
o The people
o The building
o School procedures
o Classroom procedures
o Routines
• Invite the teacher to the religious education institute. (*Our Orientation
meeting is at the same time as the religious education institute this year.)
• Assist the teacher with initial preparations as needed and appropriate.
(*Find out what room(s) she will be teaching in and show her where they are.
Ask if she has any questions about the room or the block schedule, contact
time, etc. Tell her where you teach and where your office is.)
• Listen to and support the beginning teacher.
• Get to know the new teacher as a person (ask about his/her teacher program
in college, his/her family, likes and dislikes, interests).
• Set up follow-up meeting dates and times (* Find out when she teaches and
see if you share a common free period. Let her know when and how she can get
in touch with you, if she has questions.)
First Day of School:
• Talk through the teacher’s plan and procedures for the first day.(*Nerinx
has its own special brand of “first day” of school. Please take time to
explain the various activities that will occur on this day. The Seniors’
greetings at the beginning of the day; the shortened classes and Opening
Liturgy. Since she is part-time find out which cycle she will be teaching on.
Special Schedule First Day Special Schedule Second Day
7:55-8:20 Homeroom 7:55-8:20 Homeroom
8:20-9:35 Opening Liturgy 8:20 – 9:05 Opening Assembly
9:35-9:50 Contact 9:05- 9:35 Musical Kick-off
9:50-10:30 A Period 9:35-9:50 Contact
10:30-11:10 B Period 9:50-10:30 E Period
11:10-11:50 C Period 10:30-11:10 F Period
11:50-12:30 D Period 11:10-11:50 G Period
Dismissal at 12:30 11:50-12:30 H Period
Dismissal at 12:30
• “Do” something special for the teacher on the first day.
• Reflect with the teacher at the end of the day. (*If possible try to see
your mentee before she leaves for the day and find out how the day went.)
• Discuss and suggest procedures for learning names of students.
First Week of School:
• Remind the teacher about schedules, events, etc. as needed (* All of our new
faculty members are part-time, please ask if they have any questions and share
your own experience if you have been part-time here at NHS. Explain class
meetings and Advisory Groups, even though I don’t think any of them has either
responsibility, they will hear about these the first week of school.
• Note that there are schedule changes on Monday August 24, 2009, this is a
“C” day: Homeroom will be extended from 7:55 to 8:35 for the Reading Tests.
This means their class may fall at a different time if they teach “C” period –
it will be shorter? I’m not sure, this wasn’t on iCal.)
• (*Explain what the calendar sales are all about and let them know how the
calendars work, so if a student tries to sell them one, they know what it is
all about. If she teaches Seniors, explain Open Campus for Seniors.)
• (*If she teaches Freshmen, explain how we get eighth grade visitors in our
Freshmen classes. Explain Hey Day and the wearing of the beanies and warn her
that she will probably be invited to receive a beanie and dance on Hey Day.)
• Assist the teacher with developing and implementing lesson plans as needed.
(*Since a great deal of this year will deal with curriculum mapping, talk to
her about this and offer any guidance you can. Her department chair will tell
her what is expected of her with regard to this.)
• Be available to listen and advise.
• Discuss the teacher’s classroom expectations.
• Discuss the teacher’s procedures for grading students’ work. (*Encourage her
to attend the technology workshops being offered on edline and eClass. Refer
her to Mary Jude and Linda if she has problems that you can’t answer.)
September:
• Review pertinent forms, procedures, deadlines, etc. as needed. (* Explain
the Wednesday late start schedules, Input meetings, Faculty Meetings, AdvancEd
Meetings, Department Meetings, and Curriculum Mapping Meetings and Open
Meeting time. Talk to your mentee about Clubs and when they meet Green Clubs
on Fridays this year and White Clubs on Tuesdays. Explain Contact Time and
the Musical and other plays.
• Sponsor and accompany the teacher to the commissioning ceremony, if your
school has one.
• Review location of resources – media center, libraries, etc. –if needed.
• Assist the teacher with preparing a substitute teacher packet.
• Assist the teacher with planning for prayer and liturgy.
• Accompany the teacher to faculty meetings.
• Advise the teacher about attending faculty social gatherings.
• Help the teacher prepare for the back-to-school program. (*Back-to-school
night for us will be Thursday, September 17, 2009 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.)
o Advise the teacher that this is a time to explain his/her program, not to
confer with individual parents about their son’s/daughter’s progress.
• Discuss the importance of parent contacts and role play parent phone calls
as needed. (* Explain how we can used edline, email, voicemail, and telephones
to contact parents and keep them informed about their daughter’s progress.)
• (* If she teaches Freshmen, there will be a Freshmen staffing on September
23rd, this is a Wednesday morning: Explain this to her and if she has any
questions that you can’t answer refer her to Debbie Price.)
• Accompany the teacher to the first home and school/parent – teacher
association meeting. (*We don’t have these.)
• Assist the teacher with understanding and preparing for student standardized
testing.
• If the teacher holds an IPC or PCI Missouri teaching certificate, assist the
teacher with making the necessary arrangements to attend the Beginning Teacher
Assistance Conference required by the state to keep his/her certificate
active. [Information on this conference is distributed to beginning teachers
at the archdiocesan New Teachers Orientation and in the Missouri certification
handout provided at the orientation].
• Listen to and support the teacher on matters of concern.
• (*We will have a special schedule on September 10, 2009:
Special Schedule
7:55-8:05 Homeroom
8:05-9:20 C Period
9:20-10:30 Class Event and/or Class Meeting
9:20-10:30 Freshmen: Faulty Logic
9:20-TBA Sophomore Event
9:20-TBA Junior Event
9:20-TBA Senior Event
10:30-10:45 Contact
10:45-11:55 D Period
11:55-1:55 A Period/Lunch
• 1:55-3:05 B Period
October:
* Assist the teacher with the goal setting and information planning processes
that are part of the teacher evaluation process.
* Help the teacher prepare for parent – teacher conferences; consider role
playing a conference. (*We have parent-teacher Conferences on Tuesday, October
6, 2009 from 4-7 p.m. Tell her that often the Fathers’ club will provide a
light dinner, just prior to the conference.)
• Help the teacher with ideas for special events and upcoming holidays as
appropriate.
• Be alert to identify and discuss any matters of concern regarding grading,
planning, and school procedures.
• Assist the teacher with plans for special circumstances as needed and
appropriate (e.g., indoor recess, majority of class on retreat or field trip,
shortened class schedule, etc.). (*October 1, 2009 will be the Sophomore
Retreat remind her that Sophomores will not have class at all on this day.
**Every Class has a retreat – Half of the Juniors will have retreat on
October 19-20, 2009 They will leave after school on the 19th and miss the
whole day on the 20th. None of the Juniors will have class on the 20th
because the half that are not on Retreat will be on the Plunge Field Trip.
This same thing will happen again on April 8th and 9th. The Juniors on
Retreat will leave after school on the 8th and all Juniors will be out of
school on April 9th –some on Retreat, others on The Plunge. Seniors will
have a two-night, three-day Retreat February 3rd thru 5th. All seniors will
be gone and many faculty will accompany them. Finally, Freshmen will have
their Retreat on April 18th. All Freshmen will be out of class on this date.
Remind them that if they teach a class that is on Retreat the day they teach
this class, they will likely be asked to sub for the teachers on Retreat with
that class.
• October 2nd is Father Nerinck’s Birthday- explain that this is usually
celebrated with a treat at Lunch time.
• Assist the teacher with interpreting standardized test results. (*All school
testing is scheduled on October 14th, this is a Wednesday, but there will
probably not be a late start. She might be assigned to proctor one of the
standardized tests on that day. There will be a special schedule on that day.
It is the day before the end of first quarter. It will be followed by a
Faculty Workday – no classes and no school on October 16, 2009)
• Discuss use of student records as an information resource if appropriate.
• (*Progress Reports will be due around the week of September 11th or there
about.)
• Help the teacher prepare for the first report cards.(* Ask if she needs any
help with edline or eclass. Explain how we have to put our grades online
using edline and how we have to make sure that we are around to verify the
grades after we turn them in to Sr. Mary. They are usually due by 9:00 a.m.)
• Identify and explore duties and responsibilities outside the classroom.’
• Listen to and support the teacher on matters of concern.
• Talk to the beginning teacher about the importance of personal time and
stress reduction.
• (* If you teach on October 21, 2009 – a Wednesday, “B” Day there will be a
Pep Rally Schedule:
Late Start/Pep Schedule
9:10-9:20 Homeroom
9:20-10:35 B Period
10:35-11:50 C Period
11:50-1:30 Lunch/D Period
(25 Minute Lunches)
*11:50-12:15 Freshman
*12:15-12:40 Sophomore
*12:40-1:05 Junior
*1:05-1:30 Senior
1:30-2:40 A Period
• 2:40-3:05 Pep Rally
November:
(*Explain Open House – Sunday, November 1, 2009 from 12:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Invite her to discuss this with her department chair, since different
departments require different things from their department members.)
* Help the teacher prepare for parent – teacher conferences; consider role
playing a conference.
* Review individual student needs and available resources to meet those needs.
* Discuss the importance of advent in the faith life of the school
community.(*
We will have Advent Prayer Services on the Mondays during Advent
during Homeroom time. This begins on November 30th.)
* Discuss and assist with the pacing of lessons.
* Reflect with the teacher on the goals set as part of the teacher evaluation
process
* Listen to and support the teacher on matters of concern.
*Discuss instructional planning through the end of the semester as needed,
including relevant school expectations and alternate schedules to be expected.
*Discuss the school community’s traditions and expectations regarding the
celebration of Thanksgiving, Advent, and Christmas, especially liturgies and
prayer services. (* Explain how we have a very special pre-Thanksgiving Mass
with alums returning to celebrate with us. This will take place on November
25th. NO WEDNESDAY MEETING: 7:55 START!
Thanksgiving Liturgy Schedule
7:55-8:10 Homeroom
8:10-9:00 F Period
9:00-9:50 G Period
9:50-10:40 H Period
10:40-11:30 E Period
11:30 Thanksgiving Liturgy
Dismissal following liturgy.
Remind the beginning teacher to be sure to log all professional development
activities in which he/she participates in order to document meeting the
in-service requirements for upgrade of his/her IPC or PCI certificate to a
CCPC certificate. (* This and the following four points are more for the
department chair and principal, but if you can help with these, please offer
your guidance and support.)
* Advise the teacher you are mentoring about what he/she can expect during the
rest of the year in terms of teacher evaluation by the principal; consider
role playing a classroom observation and pre and post conferences; explore the
beginning teacher’s feelings and concerns about the evaluation process.
* If possible, observe the teacher in the classroom for an extended period of
time.
* Assist the beginning teacher in identifying an area about which he/she
wants or adjustments the teacher needs to or would like to make.
o Together decide what data would be helpful in determining what changes or
adjustments the teacher needs to or would like to make.
o Determine an effective way to collect that information during the observation.
o Observe the class, focusing on the area and data previously identified.
o Give your notes to the teacher; avoid judgmental comments.
o In a conference later, solicit the beginning teacher’s reactions and
reflections about the lesson.
• Focus the beginning teacher on thinking through the issues and alternatives
and using the data from the observation in his/her thinking.
• Focus on teaching vs. the teacher.
• Only offer suggestions and your assessment after the beginning teacher has
verbalized his/her thinking, and offer them only if requested; be as positive
as possible.
• Focus on long-term adjustments in routines and strategies rather than
short-term solutions
• Discuss the beginning teacher’s reaction to the conferences and observation.
• What was useful, difficult?
• How will it be the same, different when the principal observes?
o Make sure the beginning teacher understands the difference between the
mentor’s coaching and the principal’s evaluation.
• The mentor’s coaching focuses on a specific area selected mutually and is
for the purpose of assistance, not evaluation. (*This is the role we see
Mentors doing best.)
• The principal’s evaluation focuses on all the criteria listed in the
evaluation booklet and is for the purpose of assessing the degree to which the
criteria are being met.
December:
• Assist the teacher with planning for seasonal celebrations as needed and
appropriate. (* Explain the Adopt-a-Family program; there will be a Day of
Reconciliation offered to the students – during the morning and their free
periods., theology classes also allow the students to take advantage of this
opportunity during their class time. This will be on December 2, 2009.
The will be another Pep Rally on Dec. 3rd:
Pep Rally Schedule
7:55-8:05 Homeroom
8:05-9:30 H Period
9:30-10:55 E Period
10:55-12:55 F Period/Lunch
12:55-2:20 G Period
2:20-3:05 Pep Rally
The will be a special Liturgy Schedule on December 8th:
Liturgy Schedule
7:55-8:05 Homeroom
8:05-9:20 B Period
9:20-10:30 Liturgy
10:30-10:45 Contact
10:45-11:55 C Period
11:55-1:55 D Period/Lunch
1:55-3:05 A Period
(*The Faculty Christmas Lunch will be on Friday, December 11th –this is a “G”
Day during the Lunch period.)
• Assist the teacher with providing an update on their teacher evaluation process
activities. (*Help and remind your mentee that she should keep her
edline grades up-to-date. I don’t have the date for Progress Reports for
Second Quarter –figure about four weeks into the quarter. The quarter ends
on December 15, 2009.
This would be a very good time to explain the system used for Final Exams. The
dates for December are Dec. 16th: Science, Fine Arts, and Social Studies;
December 17th: English, Computer/Business and Math; and December 18th :
Theology; Foreign Language and Make-up Exam.
Explain how we have to proctor our own exam and then also those of other
departments, since all students are tested at the same time in each subject.
I will ask Jane to explain what responsibilities part-time people have beyond
their own exam. Explain how the times for exams are different in the Winter
and the Spring. Specific Schedules are on iCal.
Finally there is the Faculty Christmas Party on Dec. 17th.
Christmas Break begins after the make-up exam on Dec. 18th.
• Discuss inclement weather procedures as needed. (* Discuss the Snow Schedule
and the phone tree used for this.)
• Reflect on and assist with staff relationships
• Listen to and support the teacher on matters of concern
January:
Share with your mentee the schedule that will happen on our return from
Christmas Break. How the student government presents a review of the past
semester and the goals for second semester.
Special Schedule
7:55-8:05 Homeroom
8:05-9:20 A Period
9:20-10:10 Opening Assembly
10:10-10:45 Class Meetings
10:45-11:55 B Period
11:55-1:55 C period/Lunch
1:55 -3:05 D period
* Assist the teacher with identifying needs and priorities for the second
semester.
* Explore areas in which the beginning teacher feels the most confident and
areas in which the beginning teacher feels he/she most needs to grow.
o Explore available professional development opportunities; consider attending
with the beginning teacher.
o Review where the teacher is in terms of the curriculum for the year that has
been taught and what remains to be taught.
• Review end of the semester procedures, reports, etc.
• Remind your mentee that there will be a Professional Development Day on
January 15th. There will be no classes that day, but I am assuming we will be
at school for professional development.
• This is followed by the Martin Luther King Holiday –Jan. 18th. There was
talk of making this a day of Service.
• Assist the teacher with the collection and organization of his/her artifacts
for the information plan and with the implementation of the activities
designed to achieve the goal(s) designed for the teacher evaluation process
for this year.
• Remind her to keep track of all of her professional development activities
for the whole year. You should also talk to her about the end of the year
self-assessment that we are asked to do. There is a copy of this in our
Faculty Handbook.
• January 21, 2010 will be an Assembly Schedule for a Diversity Assembly.
Assembly Schedule
7:55-8:05 Homeroom
8:05-9:20 F Period
9:20-10:30 Diversity Assembly
10:30-10:45 Contact
10:45-11:55 G Period
11:55-1:55 H Period /Lunch
1:55-3:05 E Period
• Listen to and support the teacher on matters of concern.
• None of our new teachers have advisees, but you should explain that we will
have a Faculty Meeting to discuss Registration for next year. It can be a
good opportunity to learn more about the offerings and requirements for the
different courses offered at Nerinx. This will be the January 27th meeting.
• If possible, arrange for the beginning teacher to observe your class and
conference with you about the observation.
• Explore whether the beginning teacher wants to share with you the results of
the principal’s observations and evaluations to date; help the beginning
teacher process the experience and his/her reactions to it.
•Assist the teacher with planning for upcoming religious seasons and civic
holidays.
o Consider joint planning so that the beginning teacher can observe how you
plan, how you teach, what you value, what you consider a priority, etc.
Remind her that she may have students who are attending the March
for Life in Washington D.C. This will occur Jan. 20-24, 2010.
Outreach also sponsors a Service Assembly on January 28, 2010. The
schedule is not on iCal yet. It will probably be similar to the
Diversity schedule listed above.
• Consider what you have done and could do to witness to your commitment to
your faith and to faith development.
• Reflect on your mentoring relationship with your beginning teacher to
celebrate his/her success and progress during the first semester.
February:
February begins with a special schedule for Advisory Registration and Class
Meetings on Feb. 1, 2010.
7:55-8:10 Homeroom
8:10-9:20 B Period
9:20-10:00 Advisory Registration
10:00-10:30 Class Meetings
10:30-10:45 Contact
10:45-11:55 C Period
11:55-1:55 D Period/Lunch
1:55-3:05 A Period
Senior Retreat begins after school on Wednesday, February 3 and continues
through Friday, February 5, 2010. Many faculty members attend this retreat.
Those who teach Seniors but aren’t on retreat will be asked to cover the
classes for teachers on Retreat since their classes are gone.
Presidents’ holiday is celebrated on February 15th – No School.
February 16, 2010 is a Pep Rally Schedule:
Pep Rally Schedule
7:55-8:05 Homeroom
8:05-9:30 C Period
9:30-10:55 D Period
10:55-12:55 A Period/Lunch
12:55-2:20 B Period
2:20-3:05 Pep Rally
February 17, 2010: Ash Wednesday Liturgy
Liturgy Schedule
9:10-9:20 Homeroom
9:20-10:30 Mass
10:30-11:30 G Period
11:30- 1:10 H Period/Lunch
(25-minute lunch)
1:10-2:10 E Period
2:10-3:05 F Period
There will be Lenten Services each week during Homeroom on Monday mornings, in
Lent: February 22nd; March 1st; March 15th; and March 22nd.
• Discuss the importance of Lent in the faith life of the school community.
• Reflect on whether your beginning teacher has indicated awareness of the
faith community atmosphere in your school; consider what needs to be or could
be done to enhance his/her experience of faith community.
• Discuss the guiding documents of Catholic education to enhance the beginning
teacher’s understanding of the ministry of teaching in a Catholic school.
• Explore with the beginning teacher which students are struggling
academically, what supports are being given to them, what additional supports
are available, etc.
o Emphasize a team approach to meetings students’ special learning needs.
o Emphasize student success as the goal.
Parent-Teacher Conferences will be February 23, 2010 from 4-7 p.m.
February 25th will be the Quiz Bowl- there will be a special schedule for this.
Third Quarter ends: March 5th.
• Assist the beginning teacher with evaluating appropriate school involvement
outside the classroom; emphasize that the first priority needs to be
his/her
teaching.
o Be aware that the beginning teacher may observe other teachers’
involvement and feel that he/she needs to be involved to the same
extent.
o Be aware that the beginning teacher may feel that taking on many duties and
committees will enhance job security.
• Share with your beginning teacher any new materials or resources helpful to
your own teaching and professional development which you have found recently.
o Be aware that by this time the beginning teacher may begin to
feel awkward about asking questions and seeking help; reassure
him/her that all teachers benefit from consulting and discussing with
professional colleagues, no matter how many years of experience they have.
• Realize that by this time in the year, the beginning teacher may have
become quite independent; continue your informal contact and availability to
show on-going interest and support; plan ahead for help that the beginning
teacher may need at times that will be especially busy for you.
• Explore with the beginning teacher his/her pace of progress through the
curriculum.
March:
There will be Lenten Services each week during Homeroom on Monday mornings, in
Lent: March 1st; March 15th; and March 22nd.
Third Quarter ends March 5th. Monday, March 8, 2010 will be a Faculty
Workday – No Classes.
March 9, 2010 is the beginning of Fourth Quarter.
March 11, 2010 there will be the Fathers’ Club Assembly.
AuxtioNerinx will be Saturday, March 13th. Explain this to your Mentee.
March 12-15th will be the Outreach Food Drive.
March 17th is Junior Ring and March 18th is the Jr. Ring Breakfast. If you
Mentee teaches Juniors, explain these to her. There will be a special schedule
for a Pep Rally on March 17th.
There will be a Volunteer Fair on March 23rd at Contact.
March 25, 2010 will be Theatre Day: With a Special Schedule. Please explain
this day to your mentee.
Spring Break: March 26 to April 5th. Happy Easter!
• Check with the beginning teacher to see if he/she has any topics, issues,
concerns to discuss.
• Assist the teacher with preparing his/her information to submit for the
teacher evaluation process and with preparing their summary report
• Consider joint planning of some instructional segment, special activity, or
event with your beginning teacher.
• Take some time to reflect on your mentoring skills and insights; consider
what strengths you will bring to future mentoring situations; explore in which
aspects of mentoring you could improve.
• Since you have spent so much time thus far with your beginning teacher
regarding valuable and appropriate field trips; explore whether your class
might take a joint field trip with your beginning teacher’s class if feasible.
• Work with the beginning teacher on gathering samples of students’ work for
upcoming school events.
• Assist the beginning teacher with preparation for the celebration of Easter.
•
April: Spring Break ends April 5th. Classes resume on April 6th.
The Loretto Teacher Immersion will be April 8 through April 11th.
Explain what this involves.
April 8th Junior Retreat will begin after school and continue until 4 p.m. on
April 9th. ** No Juniors will be in class on April 9th because they will
either be on Retreat or on The Plunge field trip.
April 15 will be Freshmen Retreat.\
April 16th will be a Professional Development Day. –No Classes.
April 22nd will be Academic Awards Night.
*Discuss with your beginning teacher how the offering of contracts is handled
at your school.
*Be available to your beginning teacher when he/she finds out whether a
contract will be offered for next year.
*If the news is good, consider some type of modest celebration.
*If the message is uncertain, provide continued support until there is a
definite decision.
o If the beginning teacher will not be rehired, make sure he/she knows why.
o If there is a reduction in force situation, make sure he/she knows it is not
sign that he/she is an ineffective teacher.
• Consider whether you can help the teacher find another job.
• Consider writing a letter of recommendation for the beginning teacher
highlighting his/her strengths and potential; make it clear to reader that you
have had the opportunity to work very closely with the teacher for the better
part of a year.
• Emotional support is of paramount importance at this time; consider putting
your beginning teacher in touch with someone who had the same experience and
found another job, perhaps a faculty member who came to your school because of
that circumstance.
• If your beginning teacher is not rehired, you may need to attend to your own
feelings about your work as a mentor.
• Do not blame yourself.
• If there are things you wish you had done differently, make note of them for
the next time you mentor a beginning teacher.
• Remember that you were selected by your principal to serve as a mentor
because of your expertise.
• Realize that you gave your beginning teacher much more than he/she would
have had without a mentor.
• Talk with your beginning teacher about your and his/her perceptions and
feelings about the mentoring process and your mentoring relationship.
• Be alert to situations with your beginning teacher’s class that may require
a change in classroom management strategies as students change with the change
in weather and with the end of the school year nearing.
Explain Founders’ Day – April 23, 2010.
Explain how the students get Prom Day off if they sell they calendars. With
this in mind – there is a special schedule set for April 29, 2010 this is for
the Faculty Show and hopefully will be followed with Prom Day (April 30th) off
for those of us who are not Senior Moderators –who will be attending Prom that
evening.
May:
May 3, 2010: Fine Arts Assembly
Fine Arts Assembly Schedule
7:55-8:05 Homeroom
8:05-9:15 H Period
9:15-10:25 E Period
10:25-11:40 F Period
11:40-1:20 G Period/Lunch (25 minute lunch periods)
1:20-3:05 Fine Arts Assembly
Explain SHE Day and the other activities scheduled for this day:
7:55-8:10 Homeroom
8:10-9:20 B Period
9:20-10:00 Advisory - SHE Day
10:00-10:30 Class Meetings
10:30-10:45 Contact
10:45-11:55 C Period
11:55-1:55 D Period/Lunch
1:55-3:05 A Period
Explain Class Day:
Class Day
7:55-8:10 Homeroom
8:10-9:25 G Period
9:25-10:40 H Period
10:40-12:10 Class Day
12:10-1:50 E Period/Lunch
(25-minute lunch)
12:10-12:35 Freshmen
12:35-1:00 Sophomores
1:00-1:25 Juniors
1:50-3:05 F Period
If you mentee teaches Seniors prepare her for the end of year activities for
Seniors, especially the fact that Senior Exams occur the week of May 12, 13, &
14. Explain how this works. Remind her that if she has a senior in danger of
failing that this must be made known to Jane.
Wednesday, May 12
9:10-10:40 Foreign Language
11:10-12:40 Computer/Business
1:10-2:40 Theology
Thursday, May 13
8:00-9:30 Social Studies
10:00-11:30 Fine Arts
12:00-1:30 Science
Friday, May 14
8:00-9:30 Math
10:00-11:30 English
12:00-1:30 Make-up Exams
Explain what Prayers & Popsicles involves. This will be May 18, 2010 during
Contact Time.
Fourth Quarter will end May 21, 2010.
Baccalaureate will be this evening May 21, 2010 -- 7 p.m.
Graduation will be Saturday, May 22, 2010 all Faculty are expected to attend
these.
Final Exams for underclass women will be May 24-26, 2010:
Monday, May 24
8:00-9:30 Foreign Language
10:00-11:30 Computer/Business
12:00-1:30 Theology
Tuesday, May 25
8:00-9:30 Social Studies
10:00-11:30 Fine Arts
12:00-1:30 Science
Wednesday, May 26
8:00-9:30 Math
10:00-11:30 English
12:00-1:30 Make-up Exams
Final Faculty Meeting will be May 27, 2010.
* Be alert to attitudes that permeate the school as vacation nears and their
effect on your beginning teacher; model keeping students actively involved in
learning.
• Review expectations and procedures for the close of the school year
including final assessments, final grades, student records, referrals to
specialists, communication with parents of students who need special help.
• Analyze the mentoring process with your beginning teacher; focus on what was
most important, what helped the most.
• Engage the teacher in analyzing his/her progress this year with a goal of
promoting his/her confidence and self-esteem by focusing on actual
accomplishments, not just positive feedback from another person.
• Consider some recognition of the teacher at the final faculty meeting of the
year; thank all faculty for their involvement in assisting the beginning teacher.
• Review the details related to closing school for the summer such as
inventories, book collection, room preparation, etc.
• Discuss spiritual, professional, and personal development activities for the
summer for your beginning teacher and for yourself.
Let me know how I can help you through the school year. If you have a
question, I will try to get you an answer. Please make regular contact with
your Mentee. I would appreciate any feedback and suggestions that you feel
will help us improve this program.
Thank you again for helping to make our new community members feel welcomed to
Nerinx.
Sincerely,
Deborah Casias Noonan
Theology Office
Extension 135
Voice mail 627
