Partnering for Success: Teacher Mentor Training – Lansing, MI

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Participants will:

• Develop skills to establish collegial and professional relationships

• Identify needs of new teachers in terms of their practice

• Learn skills of communication and collaboration

• Build the capacity for shared understanding in the mentor/mentee relationship

• Explore powerful instructional strategies that foster a positive learning environment

• Examine ways to promote teacher efficacy and support new teachers to be reflective and self-directed

Your Facilitators

Patricia Benson is the former founder and director of the Center for Excellence in Education that garnered two national awards for increasing student achievement in high-needs middle schools throughout Michigan. She is absolutely committed to improving the lives of students and making certain that all students are learning at high levels. To this end, she has spent most of her career supporting teachers and coaches to be effective educators. Pat is trained in Cognitive Coaching, the skills of collaboration through Adaptive Schools, Kagan Cooperative Learning and is the author of High-Performing Teams.

Dave Nizinski brings more than thirty years of educational experience to the Institute for Excellence in Education.  From working with emotionally impaired students to leading a middle school through reform, Dave’s expertise is vast. Dave is highly skilled in the use of Cognitive Coaching skills and is
an expert facilitator.