Mentors for the 2003-2004 School Year

Dear PISD Mentors,
Thank you for a job well done and for all the support you have given our new teachers this year. We hope you have a well deserved break and that you enjoy your time off this summer.

The first round of mentor stipends were paid on the June 15th paycheck. As you continue to turn in your observation forms and mentor logs, we will enter credit on our database and continue to pay stipends.

We are excited to see some of you already taking your mentor training update and making plans for the opening of the 2008-2009 school year. For those of you under the TEA BTIM Cycle 1 grant, thank you for your feedback and for sharing your ideas regarding how you will begin the second year of support to your current mentee/new teacher. We are in relatively uncharted territory, so it will be exciting to hear your plans for next steps in supporting our current new teachers during a second year.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

Diana Gomez
Coordinator of Mentoring
Pasadena ISD

Forms:

* Mentor Application (two pages): The two-page form must be filled out and signed by the mentor and principal and returned to the mentoring program in order for stipends to be paid. Please make sure you include your teacher id # and social security number. Not doing so delays payment of stipends.

* Mentor Observation Forms:

* Local PISD ATCP - 7 Mentor Observation Forms (blue)

    *   External ACP Programs (Region IV, Texas Teachers of Tomorrow, iteachTexas,
         A+, etc.) - 4 Mentor Observation Forms (green), in addition to the
        program's required forms

* University Graduates (first year teachers) - 4 Mentor Observation Forms
(Golden Rod)

*   Mentor Log: All mentors from all programs supporting new teachers
     will need to keep a log of weekly contact with the new teacher.
   (Mentor Log click here)

Training: (Register via the Eduphoria electronic system.)

* Level I: Foundational Mentor Training for New Mentors - Six hours credit
(Take this session if you have never had mentor training.)

* Level II: 3C's of Mentoring - The Coaching Cycle (Six hours credit-counts
as update for mentor training and G/T credit)

* Level II: Another Set of Eyes - Data Collection and Positive Feedback
(Six hours credit-counts as an update for mentor training and G/T update)

* Level II: CSI: Classroom Scene Investigations- (Pre-requisite - Another Set of Eyes)
                 Revisiting Data Collection, Positive Feedback, and connecting with "best
                 practices" or standards (Six hours credit for mentor training update)

If you have any questions, please contact Diana Gomez, Coordinator of Mentoring, at 713-740-0101 or via e-mail at dgomez@pasadenaisd.org. Thank you for your continued support of our PISD new teachers.

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Mentor Observation Forms (click here)

Great News! The mentor observation forms have been changed so you can complete them via the computer (we still have the print and write version). This was a great idea that came from you. Please let us know how it's working.

Here's how it works...

Open the document (Opens under MS Word)
Save the document to your computer
Complete the form (This form does wrap)
Save the document so it can be inserted into an e-mail via the attachment function
Forms: (click here)