Cowichan Valley Teachers' Union

Peer2Peer Mentorship Application

 

The Cowichan Valley Teachers Union is pleased to support the CVTU Peer2Peer Mentorship Program. This is a self-directed, independent program designed to support new teachers (less than 5 years) or teachers new to their role. Goals of this program are to increase collaboration between teachers, provide information, guidance, and support, and to build capacity. Each participant will have up to 2 days of release time for mentorship activities such as consultation, visitation, and observation. Although this is non-evaluative, at the conclusion of the collaborative effort, the mentorship partners will be expected to provide a self-reflection describing their activities, and how those activities and/or learnings impacted their teaching practice.

Guiding Principles:

1. Peer2Peer partnerships are self-chosen and guided by the needs of the mentee.
2. The relationship is collaborative and collegial. There is no evaluative role for the mentor teacher.
3. Joint activities and use of release time should be based on the stated needs of the mentee.

Each Peer2Peer Mentorship will look different!

 

Possible Mentorship Focus Areas:

Communicating with parents Maintaining student engagement Lesson planning  Working on specific curriculum areas Embedding technology

Using library and resources Following daily/weekly schedule Class routines Organizing my day/week

Motivating reluctant learners Universal Design for Learning Organizing/setting up classroom Maintaining personal/professional balance

 

Release Days: There is maximum of 2 days available for each participant. if you need more release time, contact the CVTU office. Please do not book off time until you have been approved. We suggest that you document your mentorship activities as upon mentorship completion you will be asked to submit a self-reflection of those activities and how they impacted your teaching practice.