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Teacher Mentor Analysis

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The key to success lies in the ability to collaborate with others, which requires interpersonal skills. Throughout my profession, I have maintained a positive rapport with colleagues, parents, students, and administration. I attribute these productive partnerships partly to my attitudes about and toward others. By effectively communicating, listening, and questioning, coupled with a friendly demeanor, others find me approachable and a person with whom they easily work. These traits will contribute to my achievement as a literacy coach if selected for this position. As a highly effective teacher, I communicate clearly. From planning lessons to giving instructions, I disseminate information adeptly. In my position as Teacher Mentor Coordinator, I train new mentors, who must understand many issues facing new teachers. Therefore, I must inform mentors with the utmost care. I plan every detail of a training, recording all talking points so that when mentors meet with mentees, their time will …show more content…

My training as a teacher mentor has helped me hone my listening expertise. When working with another person, I give my utmost attention to the other person. By putting aside everything else to give someone a few minutes of my time, I use my listening skills to help others problem-solve. When training new mentors, I lead an exercise in active listening that helps mentors understand how to focus on the other person’s needs. In my daily life, I follow the active listening process. This skill has already helped me as a literacy coach during my summer school position when I plan and organize professional development for summer school teachers. Last year, for example, I worked with one teacher who struggled to identify common core rubrics in a project. Through effective listening, I recognized a need and offered advice, which resulted in setting high standards for student

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