Quelles sont les meilleures façons d’impliquer votre mentoré dans la planification des leçons?

Enhancing the skill of lesson planning requires a hands-on, collaborative approach. As a mentor, establishing a safe and supportive environment for your mentee is paramount. They should feel encouraged to explore, take risks, and be creative in their lesson planning without the fear of harsh criticism.

Sharing your planning process is good but it's better to include them in the planning process by encouraging them to contribute to it. In many cases, your mentee has education and experience. What they need is opportunity and practice. For example, if your lesson plan spans over the period of a week, allot one session for the mentee to make and implement their own plan for that teaching session. In other words, give them the opportunity to be in charge of their own plan and allow them to teach it. Help them if they need it but challenge them to do the work for themselves and review their performance afterward.

Another way is by encouraging your mentee to suggest resources or technologies that could be integrated into the lesson. Additionally, involve them in considering differentiation strategies to cater to diverse learning needs. This collaboration not only provides them with valuable planning experience but also helps them understand the intricacies of tailoring lessons to meet the needs of different students. Furthermore, it's an opportunity for you to gain fresh perspectives and ideas, enhancing the learning experience for both you and your mentee.

Give me a fish, and I'll eat for a day, teach me to fish and I'll never go hungry. Incremental steps for non-credentialed staff is how I usually will hook people into developing their teacher voice in my room. With that I like pushing my mentee to take ownership of either the opening, closing, or small group station. Not the entire lesson, but just a chunk they can make there's to work within the plan. So, when we look at data, we can assess how well their portion of the lesson is helping student's progress through each day/week/unit.

Feedback should focus on growth and learning. Frame your feedback in a way that emphasizes professional development. Let them know that teaching is a continuous learning process and mistakes are part of it.Also asking reflective questions that induces thinking will encourage self assessment. For eg. How would you do differently next time ?

Do not overlook the importance of co-teaching. Either you co- teaching with a mentee or pair them up with someone that has strength in their areas for development This will provide the mentee with live experience of "how to" because often we explain and share our ideas but they might not know how to execute this in their classroom, co teaching can eliminate this barrier. Another thing not to overlook is the use of technology. For example recording a mentees lesson and providing opportunities for meaningful self reflection and joint reflection will help the mentee in identifying their areas of strength and opportunities for improvement.

The most effective support I've been able to give to my mentee is to create units based on the learning objectives I want students to accomplish by the end of a unit. This way as you map out your unit over the coming month, you can make adjustments with an understanding of where we have to be at the end of a given time period. We all make mistakes when we begin teaching. But one of significant advantages from this backward planning (Understanding by Design) is that it gives me an ability to pivot whenever I find a teachable moment within one lesson to help connect to lessons coming up, or topics I've already covered that will be tested later.

Combination of praise and constructive criticism : Positive Start: "I was really impressed with how you started the lesson with an engaging ice-breaker activity. It captured the students' attention effectively and set a lively tone for the class." Area for Improvement: "I noticed during the group activity that some students seemed a bit lost. Perhaps next time, you could provide more detailed instructions or check in with each group more frequently to ensure everyone understands and is on track." Positive End: "I must say, your closing summary was excellent. You did a great job of reinforcing the key points of the lesson, which helps in solidifying the students' understanding. Keep up the great work with these summaries!"

Many new teachers struggle with the format of lesson plans. In teacher education programs, they often wrote long, detailed plans. That is helpful to learning the things that need to go into lesson planning. Now they can reevaluate how to write lesson plans, but they still need more than a few words or page numbers. It can be helpful for a new teacher to see examples of how different teachers in their schools write lesson plans. Mentors can facilitate this by recruiting other teachers who are willing to share their plans. New teachers can develop their own lesson plan template by looking at different lesson plan templates and combing elements to meet their own needs. Having a useful template will save them time and energy.