Recorded Session
Virtual Session10 minutes - Introduction of Student-Centered Mentoring Connection to Collective Teacher Efficacy; Highlight strategies to use with new teachers and how they can be used in the classroom; Partner/Table Group - Share a proud teaching moment.
20 minutes - Strategy Highlight: Reflect on Beliefs; Share a Mentee’s Story about beliefs guiding goal-setting; Individually - explore belief statements and share key takeaways; 4-Corner Whole Group Activity - selecting statement that stands out most and discussing why with the chosen statement group.
10 minutes - Strategy Highlight: Establish an Innovative Mindset; Partner/Table Group - Brainstorm ideas for using the progression
10 minutes - Strategy 4 Highlight: Set the Stage to Foster Independent Learners; Visualize a classroom of students - compare independent vs. dependent learner classrooms; Start the Conversation Table Group Activity - Choose/Revise questions to promote conversations with new teachers.
10 minutes - Closing: ONE Reflection - Reflect on ONE strategy you are most excited about using; Share with a colleague; Share additional resources
Participants will be able to connect efficacy beliefs to the mentoring partnership that promotes effective practices.
Participants will be able to explore techniques to establish an innovative mindset.
Participants will be able to dive deeper into ways that foster independent learners in the classroom.
Student-Centered Mentoring - Book: Student-Centered Mentoring: Keeping Students at the Heart of New Teachers' Learning by Amanda Brueggeman - https://amandabrueggeman.com/
Visible Learning research - https://www.visiblelearningmetax.com/
10 Mindframes for Visible Learning: Teaching for Success by John Hattie and Klaus Zierer
Jenni Donohoo - Book: Collective Efficacy: How Educators' Beliefs Impact Student Learning - Donohoo Center for Collective Efficacy - https://www.firsteducation-us.com/collective-efficacy
Carol Dweck - Book: Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
George Couros - Book: The Innovator's Mindset: Empower Learning, Unleash Talent, and Lead a Culture of Creativity
Zaretta Hammond - Book: Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students and her website - https://crtandthebrain.com/
Habits for Resilient Learners - forthcoming Feb. 2026 - based on work of Prendergast, Lee, and Brueggeman - https://www.edhabits.com/
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