Mentoring Jitters

I plan to begin my mentoring project this week. I have to admit that I am pretty nervous about it. The teacher I will be working is incredibly kind and was more than willing to work with me on this project. However, it is scary mainly because she is my peer. Teaching students is much easier because they aren't your peers. But, presenting something to a teacher who has been teaching for many, many years is alittle daunting. I know the project will go well, but the first session will be the hardest.

In our sessions, we will be working through some of the projects I used as a BCIS teacher in my classroom. We will be looking at projects in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and Publisher. Some of the projects are combined into packets that I would give to the students as a culminating project for the six weeks. And, some projects are individual assignments that would take multiple school days to complete. I always enjoyed seeing the students showcase their skills as we completed a program in the Microsoft Office Suite.

I hope to also get some ideas from my mentee about how to tweak the projects to make them the most effective for the students in my current school district. I want the projects to be used as effectively as possible. I know I tweaked one of the projects I used for PowerPoint every year I used it and sometimes based on each class period and mixture of students. The learning objectives remained the same, but the assistance I provided and the extra support given would change based on the needs of the students.