Mentoring
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Lawrence Township Public Schools supports and implements the NJ certification process.
Please refer to the NJ State Department of Education for Mentoring information.
Suggested Mentoring Monthly Topics
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September
- Back To School Nights (Domain 4)
- Teacher Pages (Domain 4)
- Classroom Procedures (Domain 2)
- Discipline / Rules (Domain 2)
- Teacher Obligations (Domain 1)
- Teacher Evaluations-SGO/SGP (Domains 1,4)
- Parent Teacher Interactions (Domain 4)
- Emergency Procedures (Domain 4)
October
- Professional Development Sessions (Domain 4)
- Observations (Domain 1,2,3,4)
- Parent Communications (Domain 4)
November
- Parent Teacher Conferences (Domain 4)
- Report Cards (Domain 4)
December
- Professionalism (Domain 4)
January
- Student Services (Domains 2,3,4)
- Professional Development Workshop (Domain 4)
February
- Knowledge of Student Assessments and Data (Domains 1,3,4)
March
- Content Knowledge (Curriculum) (Domain 2)
- PARCC
- Process for Teacher Annual (Domain 4)
April
- Community Outreach (Domain 4)
May
- Year-end Procedures (Domain 4)
Suggested Activities for Mentees
Done by Mentors
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All mentoring Logs go to the Personnel Office by the 30th of each month, to be monitored on a monthly basis by the Director of Personnel. The mentoring logs must have both mentor and mentee signatures before submission.
You may scan or send your log through inter-office mail. Please send executed logs to Sue Diefenbach at sdiefenbach@ltps.org.
- Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 8 weeks-for CE certificate mentee
- Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 4 weeks-for CEAS certificate mentee
- Mentor must lead mentee in guided self-assessment on Danielson
- Mentor must meet once a week with mentee for first 8 weeks-for CE certificate mentee