The Alief Instructional Mentor Program is designed to:

• retain quality teachers.
• improve beginning teachers skills and performance.
• support teacher morale, communications, and collegiality.
• build a sense of professionalism and positive attitude.
• facilitate a seamless transition into the first year of teaching.
• put theory into practice.
• prevent teacher isolation.
• build self-reflection.

Mentor Guidelines

Instructional Mentor Guidelines 21-22: An overview of the Alief mentor program

Instructional Mentor Schoology Course Details: How and when to access district mentor training

TLAC Website

Edthena

• Edthena Demo - 2:35
• Edthena Tour - 4:56

Joining Edthena

• Your campus Mentor Facilitator should send you an invitation from Edthena to join your campus Mentor/Beginning Teacher group

 Creating a Group

• You must first accept the invitation from your Mentor Facilitator, then you can create a separate group for you and your beginning teacher
• How to create a group

Recording and Sharing Videos

• Recommended equipment for capturing video
• Best practices for capturing video
• How to upload and share a video
• How to share a video with a group
• How to reply to a comment
• How to leave a comment on a video