As a BESE approved provider of the mentor teacher training series, A+PEL offers a blended learning platform designed to be convenient and affordable for every teacher. Once registered, you will be able to complete the required modules at your own pace. The assessment series required for final certification is not included with the purchase of this course. You will need to purchase your assessment directly through Bloomboard. We will provide links to Bloomboard for your convenience.
Upon completion of all 9 modules of this Mentor Training series, A+PEL will provide proof of completion documentation required for final mentor teacher certification.
Course Curriculum
- Introduction to the Instructional Shifts - Video 5 (4:46)
- Pre-Shift Instructional Experience - Video 6 (8:00)
- Pre-Shift Reflection - Video 7 (0:45)
- Post-Shift Instructional Experience - Part I - Video 8 (12:27)
- Post-Shift Intstructional Experience - Part II - Video 9 (4:37)
- Post-Shift Reflection and Comparison - Video 10 (2:46)
- Connecting to the Shifts and Mentor Cycle - Video 16 (3:44)
- Confirm Observation Details - Video 17 (9:21)
- Observe Students and Teachers in Action - Video 18 (12:58)
- Record Notes Using "Look-Fors" - Video 19 (5:01)
- Observation Practice - Video 20 (3:00)
- Teaching Video for Observation Practice - Video 20A
- Video 1: Welcome to Module 7 (1:50)
- Video 2: Why High-Quality Instructional Materials? (3:27)
- Video 3: Criteria for Selecting High-Quality Instructional Materials (9:04)
- Video 4: Practice Applying the Criteria (11:02)
- Video 5: Developing Your Mentee (4:02)
- Video 6: Connection to the Competencies (1:24)
- Video 1: Welcome to Module 8/9 (2:34)
- Video 2: What are Reader's Circles? (7:33)
- Video 3: Three Reader's Circles Frameworks (2:26)
- Video 4: Experience Reader's Circles - Author's Craft (5:28)
- Video 5: Experience Reader's Circles - Development (3:18)
- Video 6: Experience Reader's Circles - Rhetorical Effects (2:57)
- Video 7: Experience Reader's Circles - Purpose and Perspective (3:41)
- Video 8: Reader's Circles in Action (4:06)
- Video 9: Informative and Explanatory Writing (7:56)
- Video 10: What is a Writing Progression? (4:32)
- Video 11: Zoom-In on the Standard (2:53)
- Video 12: Zoom-In on the Grade Level (1:48)
- Video 13: Bringing the Progressions to Life (2:43)
- Video 14: Writing Progression Key Points and Takeaways (4:20)
- Video 15: Connection to the Competencies (1:30)
- Video 22: Measure Progress/Coach - Plan for Interventions (3:44)
- Video 23: Measure Progress/Coach - Model Best Practices (3:38)
- Video 24: Measure Progress/Coach - Set New Goals (4:06)
- Video 25: Self-Reflection and Assessment of Coaching (5:28)
- Video 26: Self-Reflection and Assessment of Measure Progress (6:14)
- Certificate and Next Steps
- Module 8/9 Survey
Hi, I’m Miranda and YES, I'm holding a baby sloth!
I live by the motto of "once a teacher, always a teacher." Before starting as A+PEL's Director of Programs in 2014, I served 11 years in the classroom. 7 of those years were spent teaching 5th grade ELA and Social Studies while the other 4 years were spent as an Instructional Coach and TAP Master Teacher. I'm now A+PEL's Deputy Director and I oversee special projects that include a yearly summer camp for teachers called Camp A+PEL, an annual Louisiana history conference, teacher improvement initiatives with several area Catholic schools, and University programs that support future teachers. When I'm not wearing my A+PEL hat, I am driving the mom-taxi (my mini-van) for my three children ages 2, 6, and 10. With a spouse who is also in education, our children don't stand a chance to have poor grammar. In all my spare time (yeah, right), I geek out over planning our next Disney vacation, designing jewelry, and taking long walks down the aisles of Target without my kids in tow.
"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." Walt Disney
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