Mentoring

Please add district information regarding mentoring programs for early career teachers below.

__**Mentoring in BC**__ The New Teacher Mentoring Project: []

Information from the BCTF about The New Teacher Mentoring Project: []

Delta has had a long history of supporting early career teachers with mentoring. One contact is Neil Stephenson, a District Principal at nstephenson@deltasd.bc.ca
 * __Delta SD37__**

Surrey has an active mentoring program involving about 100 teachers. The contact is Lori Y. Riel (2012) riel_l@sd36.bc.ca
 * __Surrey SD36__**

Burnaby has had a mentoring program for several years. There is a committee composed of Burnaby Teachers Association and District people working to support early career teachers. Contact Wanda Mitchell at wanda.mitchell@sd41.bc.ca
 * __Burnaby SD41__**

Chilliwack has an active Mentoring Committee that has been formally training mentors and supporting new teachers through in-service, release time for collaboration and in-service, resources, etc. For the past 2 years, we have provided joint training for mentors and in-service for early career teachers along with our colleagues in Abbotsford School District, and we highly recommend a collaborative effort like this to other school districts! Together we have trained over 80 mentors.
 * __Chilliwack SD33__**

The District contacts are Janet Carroll (604-792-1321) and Chuck Bloch (604-858-2111). Teachers can access additional information about mentoring at []

__**Maple Ridge 42**__ Contact Anne Hales at the Board Office for information about Mentoring in Maple Ridge. See []

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Revised April 2016