What is a District Mentor

My role as District Mentor is to provide assistance to educators new to District 89. Along with my partner, Samuella Marzette-Griggs, I work with educators in their first and second years of employment by District 89. We cover all grades from Pre-kindergarten to eighth grade and all subject areas. Our role is to support the educators new to the district and prepare them for a  future working with the students form Maywood, Melrose Park, and Broadview. The following is a list of some of the things we assist our new educators with throughout our two year program.

• Curriculum
• Classroom mangangement
• CLR Instructional Strategies
• Standard Based Grading
• Lesson Planning
• Small Group Instruction
• Danielson/Evaluations
• Parent Communications
• District Protocols
• Integration of technology platforms
  • Powerschool
  • Planbook
  • Clever
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Imagine Learning (ELA and Math)
  • StemScopes (K-8th Science)
  • Inguiried (3rd-5th Social Studies)
  • Young Citizens (K-2 Social Studies)
  • Newsela
  • BrainPop