Blank Documents for Mentors

The following documents were shared in mentor training and can be used by mentors as they support teachers.

• Blank contact log

• Pre-observation Conference Guide

• Goal Setting Document

Guidelines and Rubrics

• Induction & Mentoring Guidelines

• SC Teaching Standards 4.0 Updated June 2021

• SC School Counselor Rubric

• SC Speech Language Professional Rubric

• Rubric for School Librarian

Advanced Mentor Training

Supporting Cultural Exchange Teachers

If you have mentors who are supporting Cultural Exchange Teachers, they may benefit from completing the advanced mentor training. The training is asynchronous and takes approximately three hours. Here are the instructions that you may share with interested mentors:

• Instructions for setting up Mentoring Cultural Exchange Educators

Trainer Certification Training

• The comprehensive, two-day Trainer Certification is an advanced training that prepares mentors to be effective mentor trainers in their schools and districts.  

• To participate in Trainer Certification, mentors must have previously completed the three-day South Carolina Foundations in Mentor Training and the Online Update Training or the new two-day South Carolina Mentor Training. Participants also must:

  • have served as a mentor for at least one academic year; 

  • received successful performance reviews as a teacher and have served successfully as a mentor for at least one academic year; 

  • and been recommended for advanced mentor training by the building principal and the district’s Induction and Mentoring Coordinator.

• If you are interested in this training, please speak with your school administration.

• Additional advanced mentor trainings will be shared soon. Please keep an eye out for information about those offerings.

Professional Development and Micro-credential Materials
​From the SCEA 

• The following resources are available to you from the SCEA and NEA. These resources will be updated throughout the year. Please contact Todd Scholl (toddscholl@gmail.com / 843.999.6550) with the SCEA for more information. ​

  • The Plan

• Free webinars for all SC public educators.

  • Free Webinars

• The SC Department of Education has stated that districts can grant educators renewal credits for NEA's micro-credentials. They recommend a minimum of 12 renewal credits per earned micro-credential.​

  • NEA Micro-Credentials