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text-complexity-qualitative-measures-rubric-(literary).pdfWHAT IS A MENTOR TEACHER?

A mentor teacher is a classroom teacher who supports:

  • Aspiring teachers participating in yearlong residencies

  • New teachers

  • More experienced teachers who are in need of support

Mentors may co-teach with year long undergraduate or post-baccalaureate residents or may support teachers without co-teaching.




WHAT WILL MENTORS BE ABLE TO DO BY THE END OF TRAINING?

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Build strong relationships with their resident and new and developing teachers


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Identify and address the needs of residents and new and developing teachers based on teacher preparation competencies PDF


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Deliver resources and coaching for resident and new and developing teachers to help them improve


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Track resident/new/developing teacher progress and facilitate resident/new/developing teacher self-reflection and improvement
 
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Specific, COMPASS-aligned Teaching Notes.docx

 COMPASS Reference Guide.pdf

 

Domain 1: Planning & Preparation
Component 1a: Demonstrating Knowledge of Content and Pedagogy
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/1a._Demonstrating_Knowledge_of_Content_and_Pedagogy.01June16.pdf
-Copy of Checklist_Planning&Preparation.docx
-Welcoming_Content Mentee_Co-TeachingEnvironment.docx
-U4 Importance of Content Knowledge 3Day.pdf
-U5 Explaining & Modeling Content Practices & Strategies 3Day.pdf
-teacher-preparation-competencies.pdf
-liben_pearson_progression_of_comprehension_research_ela.pdf
-reading comprehension instruction for secondary students.pdf
-Ebert_chapter01.ppt
-instruction in high school.pdf
-U4 Curriculum 101 3Day.pdf
-ELA Excellence at Wossman
-https://learnzillion.com/resources/90990-hamlet-get-started/ (Guidebook Instructional Strategies)
-Engagement and Adolescent Literacy 2019.pdf
-Implementation_Guide_for_THE_First_Days_of_School_5th_Edition.pdf
-English II Course Objectives.docx
-year-plan---english-language-arts-grade-9-sample.docx
- Tracing+the+Vetical+Progression+of+ELA+Standards+Protocol.pdf  
- Skill Progression Chart 6-12.pdf 
-YEAR PLAN.JPG
-Planning Tips.docx
-Strategies for expanding time for planning.docx
-2018-Back-to-School-Starter-Pack_High.pdf
-FFT-Clusters-ELA-20161213-1 (1).pdf
-ELA 9-10 Planning One-Pager.pdf
-Planning, Teaching, and Assessing in CCSS.docx
-LPs for August 12-16.doc
-LPs for October 16-18.doc
-Text-at-the-Center-Report-V5.pdf
-Curriculum Implementation Observation Tool, ELA Grades 3-12.pdf
-guide---how-to-create-a-text-set-for-whole-class-instruction-grades-k-12.pdf
-guide---how-to-determine-text-complexity-grades-k-12.pdf
-ela-guidebooks-2-0-units.pdf
-ELA Grade 10 - Rhetoric 1.0 Unit.pdf
-ELA Grade 10 - The Metamorphosis 1.0 Unit.pdf
-ELA Grade 10 - Henrietta's Dance 1.0 Unit.pdf
-ELA Grade 10 - Macbeth 1.0 Unit.pdf
-ELA Grade 10 - Things Fall Apart 1.0 Unit.pdf
-standards---k-12-social-studies.pdf
Component 1b: Demonstrating Knowledge of Students
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/1b._Demonstrating_Knowledge_of_Students.01June16.pdf
U1 Understanding Bias 3Day.pdf
-U1 Understanding Equity 3Day.pdf
-U3 Honoring Student Experience 3Day.pdf
-PSYC 507 051 Exam.docx
-educational psychology midterm.docx
-praxis_plt_prep-walczyk.pdf
-Individualized Education Program for DeKeevion Grayson.docx
-U2 Experiential Learning 3Day.pdf
-U2 Inclusive Learning Environments 3Day.pdf
-Applying General Principles of Learning in Different Content Domains.pdf
-IPT_and_Memory.pptx
-cultural symbol.doc
-U3 Values-based Assessment, Grading, & Evaluation 3Day.pdf
-Multicultural Awareness Activities.htm
-Diversity Printables, Lessons, & Resources (Grades K-12) - TeacherVision.com.website
-It Aint WHat You Say, Its How You Say It.pdf
-U4 Special Education 101 3Day.pdf
-the achievements of youth with disabilities during secondary school.pdf
-teaching effective comprehension strategies to students with learning and reading disabilities.pdf
-using strategy instruction to help struggling high schoolers.pdf
-UDLWebinarSlidesandScript.pptx
-adolescents with disabilities.pdf
-Tameika Case Study.docx
-Accomos.docx
-Accommodations.docx
-EJ1075HighSchool.pdf
-How Parent Liaisions Can Help Bridge the Home-School Gap.pdf
Component 1c: Setting Instructional Outcomes
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/1c._Setting_Instructional_Outcomes.01June16.pdf
-9th & 10th grade learning targets.pdf
-ninth_and_tenth_grade_language_arts_essential_learning_targets.docx
-9_10_ccss_i_can_skills_qstems_color_chart.docx
Outcome_Statements.docx
-ELAGoals&Objectives.ppt
-airasian_ppt_ch03_7e.ppt
-PLCOctober14th-16th.ppt
-LEAP+2025+English+I+and+English+II+Assessments.pdf
-English II Syllabus 2017.docx
-COURSE OBJECTIVES ENGL II.docx
-ELA II COURSE OBJECTIVES.PNG
-English II Course Objectives.docx
-Performance Indicators.pdf
-Learning Targets.doc
-Y2_CM5S5_6-8_Writing Vertical Progressions.pdf
-Reading Standards Vertical Progressions.pdf
-Specific, COMPASS-aligned Teaching Notes.docx
U4 Backwards Planning 3Day.pdf
-https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/default-source/assessment/leap-2025-english-ii-achievement-level-descriptors.pdf?sfvrsn=2
Component 1d: Demonstrating Knowledge of Resources
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/1d._Demonstrating_Knowledge_of_Resources.01June16.pdf
-U2 Mapping Resources Available to Support Students 3Day.pdf
-Supports-for-Struggling-Readers-Resource.pdf
-resource.notes-qac6qj.doc
-CC resources from Thinkfinity gr10.doc
WJHS English Department - Common Core Standards Resources.website
-Burke Resources.pdf
-BookLove_Kittle2016.pdf
-eBookTheseFiveThingsAllYearLong.pdf
-kelly_gallagher.doc_presentation_notes (Autosaved).doc
-Writing Graphic Organizers.docx
-The Lotos Eaters -The Odyssey.pdf
-WS_Ac_Essentials_Matrix.pdf
-Writing Analysis and Developing Commentary Using Rebecca.pdf
-Writers_&_Use_of_Language.doc
-Writer_s_Craft_3_Column20150517-3-ef346l.pdf
-Terms Associated with Close Reading (HS).pdf
-Ten_Texts_Outcasts_Underdogs_Literature_PDF_compiled.compressed.pdf
-t-lose-it-daily-lan-gr-9.pdf
-Summer Reading 8th Advanced ELA One Pager.pdf
-ReadingLiteratureGraphicOrganizersCommonCoreStandardsGr.pdf
-Languagefeaturesandtheireffects.doc
-language-devices-and-their-effects-final-version-complete-dec-2015.pdf
-jimburke_handouts_octe_workshop_3.2014.pdf
-IMG_1595 (1).JPG
-FigurativeLanguageInteractiveReadingNotebookActivityEditable.pdf
-A CHECKLIST FOR CRITICAL READING.docx
-19_DOK4_910_YouretheCritic_Compiled.compressed.pdf
-14_RI.10.1_Compiled (1).pdf
-10_9-10.RL.1_QA_Compiled (2).pdf
-Reading in Circles.pdf
-Reader Circle Lit.JPG
info reader circl.pdf
-reader's-circles---informational-texts.pdf
Component 1e: Designing Coherent Instruction
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/1e._Designing_Coherent_Instruction.01June16.pdf
-Group Work checklist.pdf
-HS CURR GUIDEBOOK.pdf
-Module 14 Participant Manual.pdf
-HP1SympathyCagedBird.pdf
-instruction in high school.pdf
-liben_pearson_progression_of_comprehension_research_ela.pdf
-CognitiveRigorMatrixReadingWriting.doc
-Releasing Responsibility.pdf
-https://research.steinhardt.nyu.edu/scmsAdmin/uploads/004/911/grouping_students.pdf
-https://www.teachhub.com/30-ways-arrange-students-group-work
-A Powerful Took.pdf
-U4 Importance of Content Knowledge 3Day.pdf
-Unit Road Map.docx
-informational text.pdf
Component 1f: Designing Student Assessment
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/1f._Designing_Student_Assessments.01June16.pdf
-assessment 1.PNG
-assessment 2.PNG
-Planning, Teaching, and Assessing in CCSS.docx
-HS English Assessment Alignment.docx
-U5 Formative Assessment 3Day.pdf
-Linking Assessment.pdf
-IRA_Adolescent_Literacy_Statement.pdf
-Setting Up A Grading System.docx
 
 
 
Domain 2: The Classroom Environment
Component 2a: Creating an Environment of Respect and Rapport
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/2a._Creating_an_Environment_of_Respect_and_Rapport.01June16.pdf
-Copy of Checklist_ClassroomManagement.docx
-M2_collaborative_coachingtemplate.pptx
-Well-Managed Classroom Wong.PDF
-teach-like-a-champion-49-techniques-that-put-students-on-the-path-to-college.pdf
-SMART Goal 2019-2020 Class Environment.docx
-Classroom Management and Discipline Plan.docx
-An Editable First Day of School Letter re- Classroom Management.docx
-Effective Classroom Management and the Troubled Student.docx
-Implementation_Guide_for_THE_First_Days_of_School_5th_Edition.pdf
-LDOE Module 2 Mentoring for Classroom Management.pdf
-PBIS Responding to Escalating Behavior.doc
-On-Task Behavior Management.pdf
-Walk through Look For w Resources.docx
-Classroom Jobs.pptx
-Teach Students to Change Behaviors Through Self-Monitoring.pdf
-Behavior Rating Scale.pdf
-behavior.PNG
-Behavioral Rubric.pdf
-Repro 5-9 F Classroom Behavior Summary and Comparison.pdf
-Repro 5-9 Classroom Behavior Summary and Comparison.pdf
-individual behavioral rubric.pdf
-BEHAVIORAL GOALS.pdf
-Repro 5-7 Importance of Classroom Behaviors.pdf
-Repro 1-3 F Behavior Observation Form.pd
-Self-Reflection Behavior Response Sheet.doc
-ira-e-ssentials-8034-the-first-20-days-common-core-edition.pdf
-ENGAGING LEARNERS.pdf
-U3 Thoughtful Classroom Setup 3Day.pdf
-U5 Specifying & Reinforcing Productive Student Behavior 3Day.pdf
-U2 Inclusive Learning Environments 3Day.pdf
Component 2b: Establishing a Culture of Learning
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/2b._Establishing_a_Culture_for_Learning.01June16.pdf
Component 2c: Managing Classroom Procedures
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/2c._Managing_Classroom_Procedures.01June16.pdf
Component 2d: Managing Student Behavior
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/2d._Managing_Student_Behavior.01June16.pdf
Component 2e: Organizing Physical Space
 -http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/2e._Organizing_Physical_Space.01June16.pdf
Domain 3: Instruction
Component 3a: Communicating with Students
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/3a._Communicating_with_Students.01June16.pdf
-U5 Specifying & Reinforcing Productive Student Behavior 3Day.pdf
-Module 6 PDF version.pdf
-Text_Complexity_G1.pdf
-standard coding visual.JPG
-ELA SAP_ShiftsAtAGlance_02.pdf
-11_12-ela-connectors.pdf
-9 letter codes visual.JPG
-ela-grades-9-10.pdf
-fs1-handout-3-ela-guidebook-shifts.pdf
-ELED-Complex-Text-CommonChallenges-1017.pdf
-MakingConnections.pdf
-NCTE 21st Century Literacy Policy Research Brief.pdf
-Louisiana guide---how-to-determine-text-complexity-grades-k-12.pdf
-ELED-TheWhoWhatandWhyofReadingforandWritingWithEvidence-Critical-Moves-0815.pdf
-Traditional Literacy vs 21st Century Literacy.pdf
-text-complexity-triangle.gif
-8-ela-connectors.pdf
-Reading Strategies for the Secondary Classroom.pdf
-ELED-TheWhoWhatWhyBldgKgeThruCTRichNF-0815.pdf
-ENG STrategy--shared-and-interactive-writing.pdf
-U5 Providing Oral & Written Feedback 3Day.pdf
Component 3b: Using Questioning and Discussion
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/3b._Using_Questioning_and_Discussion_Techniques.01June16.pdf
-Quality Talk and dialogic teaching.pdf
-U5 Leading a Group Discussion 3Day.pdf
-U5 Eliciting & Interpreting Students' Thinking 3Day.pdf
-U5 Explaining & Modeling Content Practices & Strategies 3Day.pdf
-U3 Cooperative & Collaborative Learning 3Day.pdf
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-U5 Interpreting the Results of Student Work 3Day.pdf
-Overacker CM4 Planning a Productive Classroom Comversation.pdf
-Discussion Alternate Assessment.doc
-EUTSL Implement 1-Socratic Seminar Discussion Tracker.pdf
-Group Discussion 2.docx
-META_S3_Handout_SectionIFishbowlDiscussionQuesions_Blank.pdf
-track.JPG
-Instructional Strategies.pdf
META_Handout_DiscussionTracker_Blank.pdf
-Common_Core_Toolkit.pdf
Component 3c: Engaging Students in Learning
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/3c._Engaging_Students_in_Learning.01June16.pdf
-ENGAGING LEARNERS.pdf
-U5 Specifying & Reinforcing Productive Student Behavior 3Day.pdf
-Walk through Look For w Resources.docx
-U3 Student Engagement 101 3Day.pdf
-U3 Honoring Student Experience 3Day.pdf
-Practicing a Pedagogy that Engages Diversity.pdf
-Structured_Engagement_Routines_presentation.ppt
-Improving Adolescent Literacy- Effective Classroom and Intervention Practices.pdf
-U3 Shared Inquiry & Dialogue 3Day.pdf
-ira-e-ssentials-8055-differentiating-instruction-adolescent.pdf
-NCTE Bibliography.pdf
-ira-e-ssentials-8006-the-first-20-days.pdf
-ira-e-ssentials-8034-the-first-20-days-common-core-edition.pdf
-ira-e-ssentials-8041-immediate-formative-assessments-secondary-classrooms.pdf
-collaborativegrouprubric.pdf
-grouping continuum.docx
-StageC_rBook_LBook_Pacing_Charts_042210.pdf
-instruction in high school.pdf
-care_to_elaborate_encouraging_students_to_build_on_others_ideas__2015_.pdf
-English II Pacing Guide.docx
-RST Laps.docx
-LAT Laps.docx
-laps narrative.PNG
-EUTSL Analyze 1- Unit 2 Road Map.pdf
Unit Road Map (1).docx
Component 3d: Using Assessment in Instruction
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/3d._Using_Assessment_in_Instruction.01June16.pdf
-U3 Values-based Assessment, Grading, & Evaluation 3Day.pdf
-U3 Cooperative & Collaborative Learning 3Day.pdf
-U5 Interpreting the Results of Student Work 3Day.pdf
-U5 Formative Assessment 3Day.pdf
-airasian_ppt_ch01_7e.ppt
-airasian_ppt_ch05_7e.ppt
-airasian_ppt_ch03_7e.ppt
-HS English Assessment Alignment.docx
-airasian_ppt_ch09_7e.ppt
-airasian_ppt_ch04_7e.ppt
-StretchText1 Assessment Practice.pdf
-StretchText1 Assessment Practice.pdf
-HS English Assessment Alignment.docx
-Getting Started.doc
-Planning, Teaching, and Assessing in CCSS.docx
-airasian_ppt_ch07_7e.ppt
-Envisioning Assessment.pdf
-cold read assessment.docx
-GroupAssess.pdf
-Summative Assessment Paragraph for Things Fall Apart.doc
-StretchText 2 Practice Test.pdf
-StretchText1.pdf
-Stretch Text 1 Text.pdf
-WS 2 StretchText.pdf
-EUTW 5- Student 4 Advanced Example LEAP LAT 1.pdf
-EUTW Analyze 4- Student 2 Basic Example LEAP LAT 1.pdf
-Interim Teacher Study Guide English II Form 3.pdf
-Interim Teacher Study Guide English I Form 2.pdf
-LEAP ELA Writing English I Accommodated Form 2A.pdf
-leap-2025-english-ii-achievement-level-descriptors.pdf
-Teacher Study Guide Form 1 English I.pdf
-Teacher Study Guide Form 1 English II.pdf
-LEAP+2025+English+I+and+English+II+Assessments.pdf
-Interim Teacher Study Guide English I Form 3.pdf
-LEAP ELA Writing English I Accommodated Form 2B.pdf
-English II Interim Form 2 Teacher Access Version.pdf
-LEAP ELA Writing English II Accommodated Form 2B.pdf
-LEAP ELA Writing English II Accommodated Form 2A.pdf
-Interim Teacher Study Guide English II Form 2.pdf
-LEAP ELA Writing English I Accommodated Form 2C.pdf
-LEAP ELA Writing English II Accommodated Form 2C.pdf
-LEAP ELA Reading English I Accommodated Form 1.pdf
-LEAP2025 Webinar 411.PNG
-MCS LEAP2025 Data 2019.xlsx
-LEAP ELA Reading English II Accommodated Form 1.pdf
-LEAP2025 Final Study Guide.docx
-Feedback for Paragraph Responses--Middle Grades
-FeedbackFormSession2 2015 (1).doc
-Self-Reflection Rubric for Lessons and Units.pdf
-Not All Lessons Are Created Equal.pdf
-metacognitive GO.docx
-Metacognitive strategies help students to comprehend all texts.pdf
-metacognition.docx
Component 3e: Demonstrating Flexibility and Responsiveness
http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/3e._Demonstrating_Flexibility_and_Responsiveness.01June16..pdf
 
Domain 4: Professionalism
Component 4a: Reflecting on Teaching
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/4a._Reflectng_on_Teaching.01June16.pdf
Component 4b: Maintaining Accurate Records
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/4b._Maintaining_Accurate_Records.01June16.pdf
Component 4c: Communicating with Families
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/4c._Communicating_with_Families.01June16.pdf
Component 4d: Participating in a Professional Community
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/4d._Participating_in_a_Professional_Community.01June16.pdf
Component 4e: Growing and Developing Professionally
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/4e._Growing_and_Developing_Professionally.01June16.pdf
Component 4f: Showing Professionalism
-http://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/public/userfiles/HR_and_Educator_Effectiveness/TESS/Facilitation_Guide_PDFs/4f._Showing_Professionalism.01June16.pdf