Q1: Welcome! Thanks for joining us tonight. Please introduce yourself along with your position and tell us what generation you are from? #K12Talent

Q2: Mentoring for new teachers and other educational professionals has become commonplace. What successful strategies and practices have you implemented to identify and select mentors for new employees? #K12Talent

Q3: What successful strategies and practices have you implemented to support those who have been selected to be mentors? #K12Talent

A2/3: We have a Teacher Leadership Development program that we have developed to create a pipeline of teacher leaders for various roles, we often try to select mentors who have completed this program #K12Talent

Q4: Do any of your districts have mentoring programs in place for positions other than teachers and professional employees (i.e. administrators, support staff)? #K12Talent

Q5: What challenges have arisen in the mentoring program you have been a part of implementing? How have these barriers been overcome? #K12Talent

Not much activity here this evening, you would think its the time of year people are busy getting ready to open the school-year or something😉 #K12Talent

Q6 (Sticking to the script): How do you navigate a situation where a mentoring relationship may not be going as well as expected? #K12Talent

A6: Fortunately have not been in this situation often but agree with both of you, there a various factors why a mentor-mentee rel. may not work and a change is sometimes needed #K12Talent

Q7: How do you know that your mentoring program is having its intended impact? Suggestions/thoughts on data or evidence to consider? #K12Talent

A7: We survey our teachers after they complete their 3rd year, mentoring always comes out as one of the highest rated supports that helped them be successful. Our retention rate of teachers hired over past 5 yrs is 97.2% #K12Talent

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