Mentoring

At my PDS my mentor teacher has been very helpful and is always available. He has given me his personal cell phone number so I can get ahold of him whenever need be. I have benefited greatly from my mentor teacher because I can a chance not only to teach a lot but see him teach. I have learned a lot by watching my mentor teacher teach becasue he has a very good control of his classroom. I have a chance in my 2nd period class to talk to my teacher every day about what I have done well in the classroom and what areas I need to improve on. My teacher has also made me create stronger lesson plans by me submitting them to him a few days ahead of time. This gives him a chance to review my lesson and ask me questions about it. Sometimes offers advice on the lesson and makes changes to what he thinks will work best with his students.