Happy Halloween!!

Wishing you a Happy Halloween!!!

Upcoming NTC Hawaii Trainings for Mentors!

Here are some of the upcoming NTC Hawaii Trainings:

November 12 & 13 2013, March 10 & 11 2014
Hawaii Teacher Induction Network

January 13 & 14,  2014
Mentoring for English Language Learner Success

January 16 & 17, 2014
Instructional Mentoring

January 27 & 28, 2014
Mentoring to Advance Mathematics Practice in Common Core Standards for Grades 6-12

February 6 & 7, 2014
Coaching and Observation Strategies

Februrary 10 & 11, 2014 in Burlingame, CA
Sixteenth National Symposium on New Teacher Induction

Beginning Teacher PLC is TODAY!

Aloha Teachers!!!

We know that everyone is busy with Parent Conferences but if you're available we'll be holding a Beginning Teacher Professional Learning Community today.  The North Side will be concentrating on Classroom Management and the South Side will be concentrating on Parent Communication.

Hope to see you there!!!

Here's information from the North PLC: 

We will be showing a video:
Classroom Management Video on Teaching Channel

and will be looking through Harry Wong's book, "The Effective Teacher, First Days of School"

Harry Wong Resources

And we had FREE PIZZA!!  Nom nom nom

New Teacher Center Training: Coaching Complex Situations

Training is happening now!!

Reminders for MENTORS!!!

A few reminders for our Awesome Central Disrtict Mentors!!!

• Pilot Opportunity: If you are still interested in trying out the Co-Assessment piece this year please let me know.  We are still waiting for training dates.  If you have no idea what I am talking about see the Lotus Notes I sent you on 10/2/2013  
• Coaching Complex Situations:  10/21/13 @ 8:00 Mililani Uka Elementary School sign up on PDE3:  Course:  167462 Section: 248995 please bring a lunch and your own snacks.
• Mentoring Log: You should now be in Quarter 2.  Please let me know if your lists need to be revised.  You only have 30 days from 10/4 to add any contact hours to 1st quarter. Once you have input your contact you may want to download and save the file as a pdf as well as print out a copy for yourself to file into your Portfolio.  You may also share with your Principal and Beginning Teachers.  
• Next Mentor PLC:  11/7/13 3:15-5:15 @Mililani Uka Room C201 sign up on PDE 3:  Course:  167435 Section:  248907
• Next BEGINNING TEACHER PLC:  10/24/13 3:15-5:15 @Mililani Uka Room C201 have your BTs sign up on PDE3:  Course:  167437 Section:  248923
• Mentor Coaching:  I would like to begin to schedule meetings with each of you or your School Mentoring Teams to talk about how things are going at the school level and how the District and State can support you.  Please send me a couple of dates and times we can sit down and meet to talk informally about the challenges and successes you are facing.
• If you have missed any of the New Teacher Center Trainings and need to make them up the State will be holding make-ups in January & February.  These are for the entire state so please sign up on PDE3 as soon as possible to reserve a seat.  Trainings are held at the New Teacher Center Hawaii at Kaimuki Middle School.  Please remember per I & M Standards you need to be trained in each of the modules to complete Program Requirements. 
  
  Instructional Mentoring:  January 16-17, 2014  Course:  166580 Section:  248547
  Coaching & Observation:  February 6-7, 2014  Course:  166581 Section:  248548
  Analyzing Student Work:  April 7-8, 2014 Course:  TBD  Section:  TBD

See you all soon! :) Aurene