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My mentor is someone I met here at Tnet. Her name is Jan and I'll just bet she's a mentor to many. She taught, she trained teachers, she has 2 daughters who are teachers, and she is always willing to help this veteran with becoming a better teacher. Jan believes in the power of excellent teaching.

Jan not only helps when I have a dilemma, she prods me to do more. She challenged me to step outside my classroom into the world of my school, and then, when I'd done that, pushed me again to work district-wide. She knows teachers are here for all students, not just the ones in our classrooms.

Because of Jan, I've started taking student teachers again, I run a writer's workshop for teachers (teachers who write), I teach classes for the whole district. She has helped me see my wonderful students as more than the kids who come into my classroom daily; they are members of humanity who learned a lot before they got to me and will carry my teaching into their life journey. I am r...See More
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Tallytchr When you mentor another teacher...you get so much more in return.

Thanks for sharing...both of you!
Jun 19, 2011
Jace's Mom I'm enjoying this conversation about mentoring. Thank you for posting.
Jun 19, 2011
Jan Fisher Tallytchr, you hit the nail on the head! I heard that before I started mentoring officially in the mid 80s but really didn't think it could possibly be true. It is. And in so many ways! First of all you never learn anything as well as you do when you teach it. but so much with mentoring is diagnosis. And that is a skill that helps us daily with our...See More
Jun 20, 2011
Jan Fisher Tallytchr, you hit the nail on the head! I heard that before I started mentoring officially in the mid 80s but really didn't think it could possibly be true. It is. And in so many ways! First of all you never learn anything as well as you do when you teach it. but so much with mentoring is diagnosis. And that is a skill that helps us daily with our...See More
Jun 20, 2011
Jan On 6/20/11, Jan Fisher wrote: > Tallytchr, you hit the nail on the head! I heard that before I > started mentoring officially in the mid 80s but really didn't > think it could possibly be true. It is. And in so many ways! > First of all you never learn anything as well as you do when you > teach it. but so much with mentoring is diag...See More
Jun 20, 2011


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