BLC Mentoring Assignment - Literature Review, Mentoring Plan Implementation and Activities

This assignment focuses on the literature review of three research articles, implementation of mentoring plan and mentoring activities for BLC. The mentoring plan includes three goals and ways to measure success. Resources and timelines for the plan are also mentioned.

Running head: BLC MENTORING ASSIGNMENT
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Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Part 1: LITERATURE REVIEW
A. Research Article Review #1
Article Name: Impact of a Teacher Mentorship Program on Mentors’ and Mentees’
Perceptions of Classroom Practices and the Mentoring Experience (Mathur, Gehrke & Kim,
2013)
Author: Sarup R. Mathur, PhD, Rebecca Gehrke, PhD and Seong Hee Kim, MA
Date: 2013
Source: Google Scholar
Key learnings: There are certain facts that I have learnt from this article. Firstly, the decision
making of the teacher impacts the practices in the classroom as well as on the students.
Secondly, classroom practices are what helps the students to get positively or negatively
affected in their lessons.
Application to Mentoring Plan: This will help to develop practices which will enable my
mentee to understand the lessons well and communicate with me better.
B. Research Article Review #2
Article Name: Effective Teacher Professional Development (Darling-Hammond, Hyler &
Gardner, 2017)
Author: Linda Darling-Hammond, Maria E. Hyler, and Madelyn Gardner, with assistance
from Danny Espinoza
Date: June 2017
Source: Google Scholar

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Key learnings: The key learnings for this article is that teacher need to acquire new skills
and development to help the students to prepare and overcome their challenges and issues.
With the change in teaching styles over the time, teachers also need to change their teaching
methods to match with their students. Another fact is that teachers need to provide active
support to the students based on their area of expertise to enable the students to learn better.
Application to Mentoring Plan: The above learning could help me in my mentoring plan
because I can enhance my skills and develop myself to learn new ways to help my mentee in
his problems and lessons.
C. Research Article Review #3
Article Name: The Components of Effective Professional Development Activities in terms
of Teachers’ Perspective (Bayar, 2014)
Author: Adem Bayar
Date: 04/04/2014
Source: Google Scholar
Key learnings: The key learnings from this article are as follows. Firstly, the development of
the teachers and mentors should align with the needs of the school and the student. Secondly,
the quality of the teachers or mentors should be high so as to give the best services to the
students.
Application to Mentoring Plan: This learning would enable me to align my mentoring
methods according to the needs of my mentee and the school and also to develop my
knowledge horizon.

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Part 2: MENTORING PLAN IMPLEMENTATION
A. Mentoring goals
Three mentoring goals are as follows:
1. My mentee and I will go through an important chapter and understand the implication that
it has in the classroom.
2. My mentee and I will plan an activity which will enable him to overcome the issues that he
had been facing in the class lesson and ensure that he is able to understand the lessons in the
future.
3. My mentee and I will discuss about the importance of the subjects that have been included
in the lesson plan and how to form a routine which will enable him to remain updated about
the things that are being taught in the classroom.
B. Measurement of success
The three ways that success can be measured are as follows:
1. I will conduct an examination regarding the lesson that I have taught my mentee which
will enable me to understand how well he has read the chapter.
2. I will take feedback from my mentee regarding the lesson that were difficult to him and get
to know if he is still facing the same issue or have been able to overcome it.
3. I will check my mentee’s classroom activities and homework on a daily basis to know if he
has kept himself updated with the everyday work of the classroom.
C. Resources to implement mentoring plan
The resources that are needed to implement the mentoring plan are as follows:

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1. Time – Time is the most important resource that is needed to implement my mentoring
plan. Proper and sufficient time is needed to make my mentor my mentee as lack of time can
create issues of understanding for my mentee.
2. Materials – Materials are also needed to acquire a successful mentoring plan. Proper books
and notes for the lessons that I will teach my mentee is needed for him to grasp the lesson
better.
3. Space – Space or location for my mentoring is also an important resource. The mentoring
should be done in a calm and peaceful location where the mentee can concentrate on the
things that I am teaching him. Any place which has a lot of noise and accumulation of people
would not be suitable for him.
D. Timelines for mentoring plan
The timelines for the mentoring plan are as follows:
1. My mentee and I will meet every Monday, Wednesday and Friday evening for the
mentoring sessions.
2. Every Monday a review will be done about the lessons that have been taught in the
classroom the previous week.
3. Every Wednesday the difficult lessons would be handled and explained to my mentee.
4. Every Friday all pending homework given by the teachers would be completed by my
mentee with my help if needed.
5. Every second week of the month a test will be conducted by me on the lessons that I have
completed with my mentee.

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Part 3: MENTORING ACTIVITIES
Date/Location People Objective Activity
Monday,
August 6, 2018
1pm – Vice
Principal’s Room
Vice-Principal
Mentee
Me (Mentor)
To understand how
to plan a lesson
together
Understanding the
course curriculum of
the mentee and
planning
accordingly
Wednesday,
August 8, 2018
2 pm – Library
Mentee
Me (Mentor)
To understand the
issues faced by the
mentee
Making a note about
the lessons that the
mentee is facing a
problem in to
discuss them one by
one
Friday,
August 10, 2018
2pm – Library
Mentee
Me (Mentor)
To complete all the
pending works of the
mentee
Helping the mentee
to complete all the
homework and the
pending work given
in the classroom
Monday,
August 13, 2018
11 am – Mentee’s
Classroom
Teacher
Mentee
Me (Mentor)
To understand the
progress of the
mentee from the
teacher
Observing the
performance of the
mentee in the
classroom and
talking to the
teacher regarding
the progress of the
mentee
Wednesday,
August 15, 2018
2pm – Library
Mentee
Me (Mentor)
To test the learning
progress and the
understanding of the
mentee
Conducting a test on
the lessons that have
been completed with
the mentee in the
previous week

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References:
Bayar, A. (2014). The Components of Effective Professional Development Activities in
Terms of Teachers' Perspective. Online Submission, 6(2), 319-327.
Darling-Hammond, L., Hyler, M. E., & Gardner, M. (2017). Effective teacher professional
development. Palo Alto, CA: Learning Policy Institute.
Mathur, S. R., Gehrke, R., & Kim, S. H. (2013). Impact of a teacher mentorship program on
mentors’ and mentees’ perceptions of classroom practices and the mentoring
experience. Assessment for Effective Intervention, 38(3), 154-162.