What are the responsibilities of mentor and master teachers? What are the differences between the two positions?
Master teachers function in a unique manner relative to the traditional teacher. Their primary role is, with the principal, to analyze student data and create and institute an academic achievement plan for the school. Master teachers lead cluster groups (i.e., a professional learning community) and provide demonstration lessons, coaching and team teaching to career teachers. They also spend, on average, two hours per day teaching students. Master teachers collaborate to identify research-based instructional strategies to share with career teachers during cluster group meetings. They are partners with the principal in evaluating other teachers. Master teachers may also partner with the principal in sharing some of the responsibility of interacting with parents. Mentor teachers are actively involved in enhancing/supporting the teaching experience of career teachers. Through the leadership team, they participate in analyzing student data and creating the schools’ academic achievement plan
Master teachers function in a unique manner relative to the traditional teacher. Their primary role is, with the principal, to analyze student data and create and institute an academic achievement plan for the school. Master teachers lead cluster groups (i.e., a professional learning community) and provide demonstration lessons, coaching and team teaching to career teachers. They also spend, on average, two hours per day teaching students. Master teachers collaborate to identify research-based instructional strategies to share with career teachers during cluster group meetings. They are partners with the principal in evaluating other teachers. Master teachers may also partner with the principal in sharing some of the responsibility of interacting with parents. Mentor teaches are actively involved in enhancing/supporting the teaching experience of career teachers. Through the leadership team, they participate in analyzing student data and creating the schools’ academic achievement plan.
