More than a Road Map: A “GPS” System for Training Mentors

for a Co-Teaching Internship

Salisbury UniversityNAPDS April, 2008

Las Vegas Momentum

How it all started…• Maryland State Dept. of Educ. – Redesign of

Teacher Education 1995• NCLB 2002 – high stakes testing & hosting interns• SU Solution - collaborative PDS internships & co-

teaching

Mentor

Intern

Mentor

Intern

Mentor Training Project Timeline

1995-2005 co-teaching in pockets Spring 2006 talk of PDS funding

Timeline continued…

Fall 2006 input from PDS stakeholders April & May 2007 filming begins

Timeline continued…

June & July 2007 training materials developed

August & Sept. 2007 s.c. & liaisons revise

Timeline continued…

Sept. & Oct. 2007 more editing!Oct. – Dec. 2007 mentors trained

onsite

Final Product• Mentor Training Handbook (train the trainer)

– Step by step PowerPoint with key concepts– DVD highlighting co-teaching strategies– Narrative – Reproducible documents– Mentor brochures

How did we do?

• Mentor Training Satisfaction Questionnaire– 7 items scored on a scale from 1 to 4– Total score ranges from 7 to 28– Treatment received = mentor training– Satisfaction Score = 25.15 n=227– Standard Deviation = 0.65

Descriptive Statistics

227 2 2 4 3.64 .508

227 2 2 4 3.59 .528

225 2 2 4 3.56 .532

226 2 2 4 3.76 .438

227 2 2 4 3.63 .518

211 2 2 4 3.64 .521

226 2 2 4 3.66 .502

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How would you rate thequality of training youreceived?

Did you get the kind oftraining you wanted?

To what extent has ourtraining met your needs?

If a colleague were inneed of similar training,would you recommendour Mentor training to himor her?

How satisfied are you withthe amount of help youhave received from theMentor traininig?

Have the Mentor trainingservices helped you todeal more effectively withyour problems/concerns?

In an overall, generalsense, how satisfied areyou with the Mentortraining you havereceived?

Valid N (listwise)

N Range Minimum Maximum Mean Std. Deviation

Where do we go from here?

• How do we continue to train mentors without funding?– Looking for other funding sources– Online training modules– Ask for county “in-service” time

• When and where do we introduce the concept of co-teaching to our candidates?

• Your thoughts?

Presenters• Stacie Siers, Regional PDS Coordinator – Salisbury

University• Ron Siers, Education Specialties Faculty and PDS

liaison – Salisbury University• Paul Gasior, Coordinator of Field Experiences –

Salisbury University• Brooke Hollingsworth, Salisbury University Intern• Keith Conners, Teacher Education Faculty and PDS

liaison – Salisbury University• Wiki: rrsiers.wikispaces.com