In accordance with its goals, Urban IMPACT identifies and develops mentors and peer group leaders in the inner city schools in order to support novice teachers during their first three years of public teaching as well as preservice teachers. To achieve this objective, two Professional Development Schools in the inner city and two schools not classified as Professional Development Schools were chosen the summer 2000 to pilot the mentoring program. During the summer 2000, sixteen mentors and five administrators attended the training workshops that were provided to develop their mentoring skills and discuss the goals and objectives of the program. Throughout the fall 2000, the mentors will begin meeting and supporting the novice and preservice teachers in their schools. Once a month the mentors will promote peer group sessions comprised of teachers throughout the school that will meet to discuss issues and develop strategies to meet challenges that occur. Logs will be kept of the meeting topics and those who attended. One measurement of success will include a comparison of the retention rates of new teachers with that of the previous fall semester. A Model Support System will be developed for novice and preservice teachers based on the knowledge and experience gained from these four schools this next year. 

Using the knowledge and insight gained from this semester, new strategies and processes will be implemented in the spring of 2001 and other inner city school mentors will be chosen to implement the Model Support System for novice and preservice teachers. Mentors from these new schools will attend a mentor training session during the summer of 2001. In addition, UTC and UTK will plan a Summer Institute 2001 for Urban Education for inservice, preservice and UTC/UTK faculty and deans dealing with the necessary knowledge, skills and strategies for effective urban teaching.

Two Mentoring Potlucks for fall 2001.

Mentoring Schools

Mentor Training
      August 10, 2000

      April 29, 2002
       November 6, 2002 Follow up Meeting
      Mid-Point Evaluations of Mentoring Team Program
Battle Academy, Brown Academy, Clifton Hills Elementary School, Franklin Middle School, Howard Elementary School, and Howard School of Academics and Technology

      September 27-28, 2002
       February 6, 2003 Follow up Meeting
       Mid-Point Evaluations of Mentoring Team Program
Brown Academy, Calvin Donaldson Elementary School, East Lake Academy, East Lake Elementary School, East Side Elementary School, Franklin Middle School, Hardy Academy, Hillcrest Elementary School, Howard Elementary School, Orchard Knob Elementary School, 21st Century Academy, and Woodmore Elementary School
 

Summary of Novice and Student Teacher Perceptions Fall 2001 about
The Urban IMPACT Mentoring Program in 7 urban schools

Beginning Teacher Needs Survey - 2001

Beginning Teacher Needs Surbey - 2002
 
 

IMPACT master teachers, mentor teachers, and protégé teachers have discussion forums and schedules in the Mentoring Member Tools section.