Mentoring

Throughout the semester, the other interns and myself at my PDS got together with the tutors and participants to mentor them on upcoming assignments and any other questions or concerns they had. This was not only a great way to help them, but get to know them as well. We met with their mentor teachers once and just them a few other times. This gave the tutors and participants time to open up and feel comfortable asking questions they may not want to ask their mentor teachers or professors. It was nice to be able to guide them through assignments and made doing them a little more meaningful. I believe having this sort of mentorship is very important and hope during my first years teaching someone will be there for me and then I can return the favor once I get a few years experience.