A Professional Leadership Opportunity for IWP Teacher Consultants

Training, June 2019: Dates TBD

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What is the program all about?

The IWP Mentor program is a new certification program for mentors as part of the redesigned IWP Invitational Summer Institute.  New fellows will be partnered with a trained mentor to guide them through the application and leadership development process of writing workshop and the Indiana Writing Project.  Mentor trainees will work toward an IWP mentor certification.  

Requirements:.

• Must be an IWP Teacher Consultant, who has completed the Summer Institute (now Invitational Leadership Institute)

• Attend full day training session and other training sessions as needed

• Complete a full-year mentorship cycle, which includes the following:

  • Meet with mentee at ILI Pre-Institute.

  • Successfully complete a one-day training on strategies for successful mentoring

  • Meet face-to-face with mentee once each week during the first two weeks of ILI.

  • Make one other contact with mentee during the first two weeks.

  • Meet once a month from July-November.

  • Have five additional contacts in some form from July-November.

  • Visit classroom in September or October.

  • Attend ILI celebration on a Saturday in November 2019

• Complete a Myers-Briggs style survey to assist with matching mentors to mentees.

• Support mentee throughout the entire process of preparing a successful teacher

Benefits:

• IWP Mentor Certification

• PGP points offered

• Develop personal professional leadership skills

• Develop confidence and methods to support new fellows

• Rejuvenate writing instruction to support new fellows