Tag Archives: New Teacher Center

Mentoring Monday: The Mentor Toolbox — I Love the Collaborative Assessment Log

Posted on August 6, 2012 by

By Linda Barrington, MJE JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair, JEA Wisconsin mentor One of the things I like best about the JEA Mentor Program is its emphasis on tailoring each mentoring experience to the needs of the individual mentee.  Even though … Continue reading →

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Strengths coaching: Mentoring to help new teachers improve their strengths

Posted on March 6, 2011 by

by Nick Ferentinos JEA Mentoring Committee When making assessments about a teacher’s practice, mentors often want to start with deficits, what the person does not do well, much as many teachers do when they’re looking at student work. For that … Continue reading →

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’13 Steps to Teacher Empowerment’ encourages new teachers to determine proactive ways to work with veteran teachers, principals and parents (Part Two)

Posted on February 26, 2011 by

by Nick Ferentinos JEA Mentoring Committee In a presentation at the New Teacher Center’s Annual Symposium in San Jose, Calif., “Leveraging the School Culture to Support New Teacher Mentoring,” Harry Ross and Steve Zemelman addressed the practical strategies taken from … Continue reading →

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New Teacher Center Symposium keynoter Ronald Ferguson presented ‘Creating Learning Conditions for Student Success’

Posted on February 5, 2011 by

by Nick Ferentinos JEA Mentoring Committee Years ago, I learned that when it comes to new teacher induction, “All roads lead to Santa Cruz,” referring, of course, to the New Teacher Center (newteachercenter.org) in Santa Cruz, Calif. And every winter, … Continue reading →

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Mentor Forum for JEA/NSPA convention in Portland based on weeks of planning, dozens of e-mails and lots of ideas

Posted on April 12, 2010 by

by Peggy Gregory Mentoring Committee It flows down the middle of the page so simply, and, in fact, it is only one page long. But the agenda for the upcoming Mentor Forum at the Journalism Education Association/National Scholastic Press Association … Continue reading →

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“Better Mentoring for Better Teaching” identifies three factors that improve teacher quality — and No. 1 is finding the right mentors

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

Linda Barrington and Nick Feretinos wanted to share “Better Mentoring for Better Teaching” from Education Week: The New Teacher Center in Santa Cruz (newteachercenter.org) is a leader in new teacher induction and support, so it’s useful to look at the … Continue reading →

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New Teacher Center Symposium encouraged mentors to use technology in their mentoring work — from blogs to podcasts to document sharing

Posted on February 26, 2010 by

by Nick Ferentinos JEA Mentoring Committee [Editor’s note: This is the second installment of Nick’s discussion of his experience attending the New Teacher Center Symposium. His first post about the Symposium was Feb. 14.] The New Teacher Center’s Annual Symposium … Continue reading →

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New Teacher Center’s teaching induction program provides foundation for JEA mentoring program

Posted on February 12, 2010 by

by Julie Dodd JEA Mentoring Committee co-chair What’s the best way to structure a journalism mentoring program? That’s the question we discussed when we explored the possibility of JEA establishing a mentoring program. The issue became more of a reality … Continue reading →

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