G-OB™: Gilmer County Schools Employment–Mentor Teacher, Music/Theatre/Band, GCHS - 04.19.12
POSITION: Mentor Teacher, Music/Theatre/Band – Gilmer County High School
EMPLOYMENT TERM: Remainder of 2011-2012 School Year and 2012-13 School Year
QUALIFICATION:
• Must be an experienced teacher
• Prefer individual to be on staff at the same school and teach same/similar subject as teacher to be mentored
• Be recommended by the principal and/or faculty senate
• Be recommended by the county superintendent
• Successfully complete all state and local mentor training, including the 12-hour Center for Prof. Development Teacher Mentor Training Program
• Comply with all other requirements of Policy 5900 and §18A-3-2b of School Laws of WV
SUPERVISION:
• The mentor teacher will provide supervision to a beginning teacher for the purpose of providing assistance for induction into job assignment.
• The mentor teacher will receive supervision from, and be responsible to the building principal.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1) Participate as a member of a professional support team assigned to the beginning teacher. This team shall be responsible for providing supervision for all areas of the beginning teacher’s job description and assignments.
2) Attend, supervise, and extend the county and school employee orientations held during the first part of the employment year.
3) Cooperate in an effort to coordinate his/her planning period with that of the beginning teacher, if possible.
4) Observe the beginning teacher’s classroom teaching skills for at least one hour per week during the first half of the school year. (Observation time may be reduced to one hour every two weeks during the second half of the school year at the discretion of the mentor teacher in consultation with the principal.
5) Provide supervision through weekly meetings with the beginning teacher. During these meetings the mentor and beginning teacher will discuss the performance of the beginning teacher and any needed improvements. (During the second semester if the mentor teacher and principal decide that the observations described in the previous item may be reduced, weekly meetings may also be reduced to those held every other week.
6) Participate in monthly meetings of the support team to discuss the performance of the beginning teacher.
7) Participate in the design, planning, and implementation of and/or make recommendations of staff development activities for completion by the beginning teacher.
8) Cooperate in being released from regular duties to perform the duties of the Mentor (Alternative to the position of substitute teachers may be sought.)
9) Complete the 12-hour Center for Professional Development Teacher Mentor Training Program.
10) Assume other duties as directed by the building principal.
SALARY: $600
LETTER OF APPLICATION AND RESUME SHOULD BE SENT TO:
Ronald Blankenship, Superintendent
Gilmer County Board of Education
201 North Court Street
Glenville, WV 26351
MUST BE RECEIVED BY: Thursday, April 26, 2012 – 3:00 PM
As required by federal laws and regulation, the Gilmer County Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, disabling condition, marital status, or national origin in employment or in its educational programs and activities.
Inquiries may be referred to:
Ronald Blankenship, Title IX and Section 504 Coordinator
Gilmer County Board of Education
201 North Court Street
Glenville, WV 26351
Or referred to: The Department of Education’s Director of the Office for Civil Rights
NOTE: State and federal laws include Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972, Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964; Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504; and other State or Federal laws and regulations governing students and employees.
P12-501-18
POSTED: 04.19.12