Mentoring


 * Mentoring**

Mentoring is a strategy whereby students are provided with one-to-one support to test and explore ideas, take risks, and obtain feedback from outside a current setting. A mentor or adviser provides guidance and formative feedback without the accountability of a summative performance. A mentor provides a role model who supports, nurtures, and guides the student in person or by phone, email, or videoconference. Mentors bring knowledge, experience, and expertise to support a project, daily class work, and other areas of teaching and learning. The term mentor may refer to teacher-advisors, peer tutors, and community mentors in a variety of instructional settings.
 * Description**

The mentor:
 * Method**
 * has a good understanding of the needs of his or her partner;
 * should have some expertise in the subject or experience that provides support for another student or teacher;
 * may participate in a training program to develop skills required for mentoring.

Mentoring:
 * Considerations**
 * requires sensitivity in understanding the needs and feelings of others;
 * requires mutual effort and commitment from the school and community;
 * requires screening and selection processes and procedures;
 * requires a process for matching students and mentors according to board policies;
 * requires a process for involving parents to support the program.


 * Illustrations From The Mathematics Classroom**

[|Empowering The Mentor of the Beginning Mathematics Teacher] [|Empowering The Mentor of the Experienced Mathematics Teacher]
 * Elementary**

[|Empowering The Mentor of the Beginning Mathematics Teacher] [|Empowering The Mentor of the Experienced Mathematics Teacher]
 * Secondary**