Mentor Trainings
What is the SC Mentor Training and who should attend?
The two-day South Carolina Mentor Training focuses on the knowledge, skills, and understandings critical to those who work with beginning teachers. It is guided by the belief that learning to teach is a career-long developmental process that involves a continuous cycle of planning, teaching, and reflecting. At the heart of this work is the mentor’s ability to respond to each new teacher's individual developmental and contextual needs and to promote the ongoing examination of classroom practice. Teachers interested in serving as a mentor must:
hold a valid South Carolina professional educator certificate;
have a minimum of one year of successful teaching experience in South Carolina at the continuing contract level;
be either a current practitioner or have been employed in a South Carolina public school system within the past five years; and
have the recommendation of a school administrator and the district's Induction and Mentoring Coordinator.
CERRA is proud to offer trainings for South Carolina teachers who will be serving as mentors for beginning teachers (SC Mentor Training) and trainings for those who will be training mentors (SC Trainer Certification Training). Below you will find a list of our upcoming training opportunities. If you are interested in hosting a training in your district, please call Jan Patterson at 803.323.4032 x6409
Upcoming SC Mentor Trainings
SC Mentor Training: In-Person - APEC Affiliated Counties Only
When: January 14-15, 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location:
Columbia College
1301 Columbia College Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
Cost: No Charge for APEC Affiliated South Carolina Counties.
To cancel after you have registered, or if you have questions: Contact Jan Patterson at pattersonj@cerra.org.
Please contact your District Mentoring Coordinator to see if you are an APEC affiliated school district.
SC Mentor Training: In-Person
When: January 28-29, 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location:
The SCEA Offices
2999 Sunset Blvd.,
West Columbia, SC 29169
Cost:The non-refundable fee is $28.00.
To cancel after you have registered, or if you have questions: Contact Jan Patterson at pattersonj@cerra.org.
You must get the password for this training from your District Coordinator or School Administrator.
SC Mentor Training: In-Person
When: February 11-12, 2025, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location:
The SCEA Offices
2999 Sunset Blvd.,
West Columbia, SC 29169
Cost:The non-refundable fee is $28.00.
To cancel after you have registered, or if you have questions: Contact Jan Patterson at pattersonj@cerra.org.
You must get the password for this training from your District Coordinator or School Administrator.
What is the SC Trainer Certification Training and who should attend?
The comprehensive, two-day Trainer Certification is an advanced training that prepares mentors to be effective mentor trainers in their South Carolina 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.
Upcoming SC Mentor Trainer Certification
SC Mentor Trainer Certification: In-person
When: The summer 2025 date has not been set.
Location:
The SCEA, Columbia, SC
2999 Sunset Blvd.
West Columbia, SC 29169
Cost: $40.00 NON-REFUNDABLE
To cancel or for questions contact Jan Patterson at pattersonj@cerra.org.
Contact your District Coordinator for the password to this SC Mentor Trainer Certification.
SCDE Educator Effectiveness Professional Learning Opportunities Calendar
Click here to access the South Carolina Department of Education website and their SCTS 4.0 Evaluator Training Calendar
