All trainings held at the Cardinal Stritch University Main Campus, 6801 N Yates Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53217
Time: 8:00am-3:00pm
Instructional Mentoring
(ED 642, 1 optional graduate credit)
Outcomes:
- Employ the roles, language, and stances of effective instructional mentoring
- Build collaborative, trusting relationships with and among beginning teachers
- Use the Collaborative Assessment Log to assess and advance teaching practice
- Use standards and criteria to anchor assessments about teaching and learning
Instructional Mentoring provides the foundation upon which all subsequent Mentor Professional Development Trainings are built,
and it is a prerequisite for most other trainings.
Observing & Conferencing
(ED 643, 1 optional graduate credit)
Outcomes:
- Reflect upon and discuss mentoring experiences since Instructional Mentoring
- Extendand expand upon the use of instructional mentoring language
- Use protocols and tools that support an effective observation cycle
- Communicate, collaborate, and coordinate with a site administrator for beginning teacher assessment and support
Prerequisite: Instructional Mentoring OR Instructional Coaching
Using Data to Inform Instruction
(ED 644, 2 optional graduate credits)
Outcomes:
- Reflect upon and discuss mentoring experiences since Observing & Conferencing
- Use protocols for analyzing student work with beginning teachers
- Incorporate relevant aspects of brain research to inform and transform instructional mentoring and teaching practice
- Extend and expand upon the use of instructional mentoring language
Prerequisite: Instructional Mentoring or Instructional Coaching
Designing Effective Instruction
(ED649, 1 optional graduate credit)
Outcomes:
- Use learning and experiences (from self and others) to inform future mentoring practice
- Use tools and protocols to support teachers as they plan assessment-driven differentiated instruction aligned to content standards
- Apply strategies for providing meaningful feedback
- Reflect upon professional growth and set next steps
Prerequisite: Instructional Mentoring and Coaching OR Instructional Coaching
Designing and Presenting Professional Development
(ED 645, 1 optional graduate credit)
- To understand fundamental principles of adult learning as they relate to staff development
- To learn strategies that support adult learning
- To practice a model for designing staff development and/or other adult learning events
- To extend one’s personal repertoire of presentation skills and strategies
Prerequisite: None