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The "Mentor TRAINING OF TRAINERS"
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By Barry Sweeny
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Description of the Teacher Mentor Training of Trainers
Even if you hire Barry Sweeny to provide an initial
training for your mentors, eventually you will want the internal
capacity and leadership needed to train your own mentors. The "Mentor
Training of Trainers" is how to build the skills of your better
mentors, lead mentors, or mentor program coordinators so that they
can confidently and effectively lead your own high impact mentor
trainings.
Watch how Barry models and then hear explanations
for all of the powerful staff development strategies which are used
within the Best Practice High Impact Mentor Training Model. Finally,
practice those skills so you can model these best practices yourself.
Receive all the materials & guidance you
need to effectively lead your own mentor training:
- The mentor training participant manual (with
four approaches from which to choose)
- All the mentor checklists, monthly mentor reminder
sheets, and other supplementary training materials
- The Mentor Training & Support Journal
- A full set of all the overhead transparency masters
for mentor training
- Specific practical directions and guidance for
the activities which ensure the high impact on mentors you need,
AND...
- A license to copy and use all of these materials
in your organization.
How
Many Days Long is the Training?
This training is primarily focused on the most effective
mentoring strategies, little time is spent on the coaching strategies.
The training has been used hundreds of times and has been constantly
improved since 1992 with the one goal of increasing the mentoring
results the training produces. That valuable experience is shared
with your training leaders so that they do not need to spend the
same number of years learning how to create high impact mentors.
One lesson learned in all that experience is that
there is no short cut to excellent results. That is why there are
only TWO time formats for the "Mentor Training of Trainers",
the ones that work!
- IF the trainers attending have already experienced
the "High Impact Mentor Training" AND are experienced
mentors themselves, then the required time is one 8 hour training
day.
- IF these TWO criteria are not met the Training
of Trainers will take THREE FULL days.
What
Are the Results the Training of Trainers Provides?
The result of the Mentor Training of Trainers will be your own
team of mentor training leaders who can confidently and effectively
lead your own mentor trainings and achieve a high impact the FIRST
TIME. Also, they will have all the materials they need for the training
and a license to use those materials. As a result of that local,
in-house capacity, your mentors will know specifically what to do
and how to behave so as to have a high impact on your new teachers'
instructional practice and their students' learning.
Participant
Comments About the Mentor Training of Trainers -
"Barry, the Mentor Training of Trainers you provided was just
what we wanted! Our district is huge and we were worried whether we'd
have the leadership we need to prepare the hundreds of mentors we
must have to succeed. Looking backwards, we realize now we needn't
have worried. Thanks for the great beginning you gave us. All 40 of
the participants in your training of trainers report having the confidence
they need to move ahead now." - Debbie Bishop, Coordinator
of Staff & Organizational Development, Prince Williams County
Public Schools, Manasses, Virginia
"As veteran educators and mentors,
we know that new teachers need assistance and guidance, but we have
little assistance and support to guide US in how best to do that!
Barry's high impact program and mentoring model and his Training of
Trainers give you the foundation to get started right and to succeed."
- Tammy Somers-Ashley, Gallup-McKinley Co. Schools. Gallup, New
Mexico
"From the moment our state grant
was approved and for two years thereafter, I used Barry to help me
plan our TxBESS Induction Program and to provide both the mentoring
and coaching trainings for all teacher and administrator participants
in our program. Not only did his training meet our present needs,
but he also worked with the most outstanding participants to help
build their capacity to lead future trainings for our program. He
did this without my even asking! I have never known a consultant to
think that way, and to "work himself out of a job". Seeing
this behavior taught me I could trust Barry to keep my program's
best interests and my needs as coordinator in the forefront. That
is why over two years of working with Barry, I continued to expand
his contract and his role in my program. I was never disappointed
by Barry and I was always glad I trusted him with so much responsibility.
What he promises about achieving a "high impact" was true
for this whole project! - Ms. Zoe Windley, TxBESS Induction Program
Coordinator, Region XI Education Service Center, Fort Worth, Texas
"Thanks so very much for selflessly
giving more than we expected! Your training was beyond extraordinary!
At a time when Americans are focused on their blessings, I count my
time with and support from Barry Sweeny as a very special blessing.
- Robbin Howard, Secondary Schools Peer Mentor, Brevard Co. Schools,
Florida
"This Training of Trainers was
terrific! It makes you aware, informed, and well equipped with remarkable
resources so you can make your own contribution to your colleagues
and students." - Michael Lang, Dir. of Science Programs, Maricopa
Community College, Tempe, Arizona.
"Barry is a unique and genuine
trainer. It is obvious that he really cares about the teaching profession
and kids. He comes across as a real, authentic person and is obviously
an experienced educator who practices what he preaches by modeling
excellence. That is what makes this wonderful 'Mentor Training of
Trainers' so helpful and unique." - Terri Ortiz, Mentor, Los
Lunas, New Mexico. |
