Lead - Mentor Teacher (Berko) (Internal Only) (SY26-27)

Title - Lead - Mentor Teacher (Berko) (Internal Only) (SY26-27) 

Reports to:  Building Principal in collaboration with District Administrators

Qualifications:           

A Mentor Lead will have a strong desire to support our new eduactors to CPS. Experience and passion to improve teacher retention is a requirement. A Mentor Lead must be a mentor teacher, has completed the Project SUCCESS: Mentoring in Action coursework, or demonstrated experience mentoring new staff and achieving results with retention.

Program Lead Responsibilities:

• Assist in coordinating the mentor program at the grade range level by scheduling, planning and facilitating monthly meetings with teacher mentors and new teachers.
• Coordinate and lead NEO in planning, preparing, and executing the NEO week. Mentor leads will collaborate with administrators to plan and prepare for NEO
• Attendance at all meetings for the full duration are required.
• Assist the District administrators with planning quarterly district mentor meetings as well as mentor training in August.
• Must be available for preparation before and during new teacher orientation training the week before school begins for all Teachers.
• Assist with differentiation of curriculum and activities for staff new to teaching vs. new teachers with prior experience.
• Facilitate communication between teacher mentors, content coaches and building administration.
• Collect documentation such as time logs from each mentor at the grade range, end of year data from surveys, and information from exit interviews. 
• Work with administration to ensure that the content for the meetings are aligned with the school and district's instructional focus. 
• Take on a mentee if a mentor is on a leave during the year.
• District Mentor Lead Only - Will be supporting with new mentors and providing professional development.  
• Complete required assigned summer reading before NEO.
• Other duties as assigned by an Administrator.

Application: Upload a letter of interest to the "documents" section of your application in TalentEd.

Compensation: CTU contractual rate. For emergency situations, if a mentor lead cannot serve for the full year, compensation will be adjusted accordingly.

The Chelsea Public Schools District is an equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting, appointing, assigning, training, evaluation and promoting personnel on the basis of merit and qualifications, without regard for race, color, national origin, sex, religious affiliation, age,  ancestry, marital status, handicapping conditions, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other applicable unlawful discriminatory standards. (Title VI & Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII & Title VIII of the Public Health Services Act, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as well as other relevant federal and state laws).