Mentorship Log

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Mentorship/Field Experience Log

Intern: Laurie Doner Date: Fall 2013

Mentor: Ross Groover

District/School/Agency: Dearborn Public Schools/Snow Elementary School

Date: 9/13/13
Activity/Experience:

Met with my principal Ross Groover about being my mentor and the graduate program at Oakland
University. Talked about my visions for the upcoming year and how I could contribute to the staff and
building.
Reflection and Evaluation of Experience:

Im excited to begin my journey of an internship. With Oakland and Galileo I feel I have a lot to
contribute to our staff.

ISLLC Standard I- VISION

TIME: From: 8:00 To: 8:30 Hours: 0 hr. 30 min. Hours To Date: 0 hr. 30 min.

Date:9/16/13; 9/18-9/21/13
Had a second parent meeting to go over the expectations of 5
th
grade camp once again. An initial meeting
was held before school was out last May. This is a follow up meeting. Our camping trip runs for two
nights and three days. It is in Muskegon, Michigan at Camp Pinewood. My grade partners and I are in
charge for the two nights and three days. We all take on leadership roles similar to a principal during that
time. If there is a problem we have to create a solution because of her other duties in the building my
principal does not attend camp.
The parent meeting went very well. The parents are excited about the new experiences their child will
receive.
The camping trip is always a little stressful on the initial day when collecting medications and making
sure the children have all of their items they will need to be successful at camp. Camp worked out
absolutely wonderful. We are all a little exhausted, but with the exception of some minor issues we all
survived!!!!

Parent Meeting was approximately one hour.
Camp responsibilities and management of students, staff, and activities/programming was approximately
10 hours of administrative responsibilities.

ISLLC Standards III and IV- Management and Community

TIME: From: 7:00 To: 8:00 Hours: 11 hrs. Hours To Date: 11 hrs. 30min.

Date: 9/23/13
I was in charge of running the staff meeting today. I pulled the Galileo Yarrow Retreat Center activity
about North/South/East/West, to help the staff better understand who we are as individuals.
It was well received by all the staff. There was laughing, a chance for reflecting, and a better
understanding of all of us as individuals. It was a real success.

Preparation time for this activity to prepare and present took approximately two hours.

ISLLC Standard II- Culture

TIME: From: 3:45 To: 5:15 Hours: 1hr. 30min. Hours To Date: 13hrs. 0 min.

Date: 10/2/13
Met in our PLC grade level group and talked about forming a schedule for the co-taught classroom and
tried to work on arranging that with my other two grade mates.
The co-taught classroom is the room that I teach, so I am taking on a leadership role in trying to schedule
everything for our 5
th
grade team. The task is challenging because am I not only working with my own
team, but we have to coordinate with 3
rd
-5
th
grade because we all share the special education teacher.
This is a challenge!!

Working on a schedule took an additional 2 hours with changes that I am sure will have to be made.

ISLLC Standard III- Management
TIME: From: 10:40 To: 11:30 Hours: 2 hr. 50min. Hours To Date: 15 hr. 50 min.

Date: 10/9/13
Met in our PLC grade level group and looked over the schedule that I had worked on. We had to make
some adjustments and show it to the other grade levels and see if this will be the final draft. I sure hope
so!!!
I wish we could all meet together to try and revise and fix this. It is hard when their PLC time is not
scheduled as the same as ours. We might have to meet after school to revise the schedule if there is still
errors in it.

TIME: From: 10:40 To: 11:30 Hours: 0 hr. 50 min. Hours To Date: 16 hrs. 35 min.

Date: 10/9/13
New Teacher Induction Meeting for the Entire District Run by all the Dearborn Public Schools Galileo
Leaders
The planning for the three meetings this year for the new teachers in the district has been challenging.
We want it to be meaningful for the new teachers and our ultimate goal is to retain the teachers that we
have hired in the district. The opening meeting involved a lot of paper work and we had some unique
questions to drive the other two meetings of the school year.

Planning time for this meeting was 2 hours that the Galileo Leaders met on our own.

ISLLC Standards VI and III- Political and Management
TIME: From: 4:00 To: 5:30 Hours: 3 hrs. 30 min. Hours To Date: 20 hrs. 5 min.

Date: 10/10/13
Upper-el meeting regarding the co-taught schedule. All three grades (3-5) were in attendance.

It was a productive meeting and I believe we worked out all the kinks in the schedule. It took quite
awhile and we are finally there. Much success, finally, putting this schedule together. Yea!



Date: 10/11/13
Touched Base with Ross
Went over the co-taught schedules that were created and copied a master schedule for the office.

TIME: From: 12:30 To: 1:00 Hours: 0 hr. 30 min. Hours To Date: 22 hrs. 35 min.

Date: 10/15/13
Met with the special education teacher that shares in my co-taught classroom to reflect on the start of the
school year.

It was a positive meeting. We discussed how we could better help all of the students in the classroom.
We discussed the use of technology for various types of learners and how we would do lesson planning
for the rest of the school year. I feel we are off to a great start.

ISLLC Standards VII, IV, III, II, I- Technology, Community, Management, Vision, and Culture

Date: 10/17/2013
Serving on the pilot for the Gradebook committee for the district

I am serving on this committee to be a voice for our building in the district. We are piloting a Gradebook
on-line similar to that of the middle and high school where parents and administration will eventually gain
access to all grades. It is important that our school is represented.

ISLLC Standards I and VII- Vision and Technology
TIME: From: 4:00 To: 5:00 Hours: 1hr. 0 min Hours To Date: 25hrs. 50 min.

Date: 10/18/2013
Talked with Fadia regarding some concerns our staff had with Gradebook
Due to the time constraints of the meeting, Fadia who works in the assessment office and is in charge of
Gradebook, she and I had a chance to talk about some of the concerns with this pilot.

ISLLC Standards I and VII- Vision and Technology
TIME: From: 9:50 To: 10:05 Hours: 0hr. 15min. Hours To Date: 26 hrs. 5min.

Date: 10/22/2013
Met with our school social worker in regards to the mentor program she is beginning that involve the high
school students and how I can play a role
The school social worker and I had a conversation in regards to the students that are on a Tier II plan and
the implementation of the high school students coming into the classrooms to support those students. It
was positive with a lot of ideas generated.

ISLLC Standards I, II, III- Vision, Culture, and Management
TIME: From: 3:45 To: 4:45 Hours: 1hr. 0min. Hours To Date: 27hrs. 5min.

Date: 10/28/2013
Book Study Presentation on 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player
This was such a positive experience for the staff. They all had read the book before the meeting and we
reflected individually and in groups about these qualities that are so important. We did some ranking of
qualities and discussions around the table.

Preparation for this meeting was 2 hours.

ISLLC Standards I, II,V- Vision, Culture, and Ethics
TIME: From: 3:45 To: 5:15 Hours: 2hrs. 30min Hours To Date: 29hrs. 35min.

Date: 10/30/2013
Lead the PLC meeting for my grade level
We are continuing our reflection on the book that we had read for the staff meeting and I completed the
discussion regarding the book. I enjoyed leading this and the discussions we had were very valuable.
Both of my grade partners have completed their leadership degrees so it was nice to gain further insight
from both of them.

ISLLC Standards I, II, III, V- Vision, Culture, Management, and Ethics
TIME: From: 10:40 To:11:30 Hours: 0hr. 50min. Hours To Date: 30hrs. 35 min.

Date:11/5/2013
Discussion by grade level regarding the math workshop model and further implementation
After a day of professional development, our team met and I led the discussion regarding the
implementation of the workshop model within our classroom. Since we are just exploring this lots of
discussion was taking place.

ISLLC Standard I- Vision

Date: 11/13/2013
PLC grade level meeting, with focus on co-teaching and reflection time for that
I ran and in-depth discussion into the feedback of the co-taught classrooms and what we could do to make
it better with ideas and suggestions that were shared.

ISLLC Standards I, III, and VII- Vision, Management, and Technology
TIME: From: 10:40 To: 11:30 Hours: hr. 50min. Hours To Date: 32hrs.15min.
Date:11/25/2013
Staff Meeting and Brain Based Learning things I required at the Galileo Training on November 15
th
.
Effective Strategies to be used in the classroom.
Through the Galileo program I am able to give so much back to our staff. Today is one of those
instances. We are discussing brain based learning and different strategies that can be effective in the
classroom.

Required 2 hours of preparation for the staff meeting.

ISLLC Standards I, II, III, VII- Vision, Culture, Management, and Technology
TIME: From: 3:45 To: 5:15 Hours: 3hrs. 30min. Hours To Date: 36hrs. 20min.

Date: 12/5/2013
SIOP Training and sharing experiences
We have to attend SIOP training within our school several times a year. I was able to give some
information back to the staff as to how I use SIOP in my classroom.

ISLLC Standards II and VII- Culture and Technology
TIME: From: 9:30 To: 10:00 Hours: 0hr. 30min. Hours To Date: 36hrs. 50min

Date: 1/13/2014
Staff Meeting and Science Fair Committee Formed
After the overview of the agenda, the staff broke into meetings and I am a co-chair of Snow Schools first
ever Science Fair. This is part of our School Improvement Plan.

ISLLC Standards I, II, III, IV- Vision, Culture, Management, and Community
TIME: From: 3:45 To: 5:15 Hours: 1hr. 30min. Hours To Date: 38hr. 20min.

Date: 1/15/14
Title Plan/Grade Level
As a team, we discussed how the first semester had gone and what needed to be worked on for the second
half of the year.

ISLLC Standards I, II, III, and IV- Vision, Culture, Management, and Community
TIME: From: 11:45 To: 3:30 Hours: 3hrs.45min. Hours To Date: 42hr. 5min

Date: 1/23/14
Celebration for our Music Teacher Who Was Leaving

I was the coordinator of an event for the entire school that invited the school community to honor our
music teacher who has taught music to our children for 10 years at Snow School and 30 years in our
district due to the fact that he was going to start music programs in two of our middle schools that had not
had music for approximately 4 years. This was a very sad time for Snow School, but we were all excited
to wish Mr. Walters well on his next journey in life.

Planning time for this event and coordination of all the administrative duties for this was approximately
10 hours.

ISLLC Standards III, IV, and VII- Management, Community, and Technology
TIME: From:
7:00
To: 9:30 Hours: 12 hrs. 30 min Hours To Date: 54hrs. 35min.

Date: 1/30/2014
District Level Gradebook Pilot Meeting
At the end of the card marking the district Gradebook committee met to discuss further implementations
that need to take place. I am representing our building on this committee. Many teachers expressed
concerns and Fadia was working on a way to implement the changes for the good of the committee.

Date: 2/3/2014
Science Fair Committee Meeting, I am one of the co-chairs
Our committee met to discuss important information regarding our science fair that will be tied in to the
schools ice cream social on May 20
th
. It was a productive meeting. I had to guide many discussions.
We had to move things along so this was good practice in how to effectively do that.
TIME: From: 3:45 To: 5:15 Hours: 1hr.30min. Hours To Date: 57hr. 35min.

Date: 2/6/14
New Teacher Induction Meeting for the Entire District Run by all the Dearborn Public Schools Galileo
Leaders; this is meeting number two
This meeting was very beneficial to all who attended. We had the Director of Human Resources come in
to speak to the whole group regarding teacher evaluations. Then we had a reflective piece that the mentor
and mentee worked on together to drive instruction for our last session.

The Galileo Leaders met for 2 hours to plan for this district meeting.

ISLLC Standard I, II, and III- Vision, Culture, and Management
TIME: From: 4:00 To: 5:30 Hours: 3hrs. 30min. Hours To Date: 61hrs. 5min.

Date: 2/15/14
Work with the co-chair of the science fair committee on creating rubrics and documents for student and
parent use
We gathered together on a Saturday to design the rubrics for their science boards and a detailed
explanation how to put together their science boards. We also generated letters to judges and parents
regarding the science fair.

ISLLC Standard I, III, IV, V- Vision, Management, Community, and Ethics

TIME: From: 10:00 To: 4:00 Hours: 6 hrs. Hours To Date: 67hr. 0min.

Date: 2/24/14
Co-teaching Meeting

Met with the co-teaching team this week to address behavior issues in the classrooms. Talked about
certain strategies that we can try depending on the student. One student in 5
th
grade who is not in the
MiCI program is giving the gen. ed. teachers troubles. We were trouble shooting solutions.

ISLLC Standard II and III- Culture and Management

TIME: From: 1:40 To: 2:25 Hours: hr. 45 min. Hours To Date: 67hrs. 45min.
Date: 2/26/14
Met with upper-elementary teachers today to discuss any concerns about the science fair this far
It is important to check in with the teachers to make sure they are giving their input and to see if there is
any way they can be assisted with this great undertaking. They have to collect the projects and grade
them before the science fair. Their input is valued.

ISLLC Standard V- Ethics

Date: 3/10/2014
Staff Meeting; Introduced a piece of culture in our building to the staff
We have never talked about culture since I have been in the building and that is 11 years now. I thought
we could just begin by surface talking about the culture of our building. It was interesting what they were
talking about within their groups and what they were sharing. This was only the beginning. I would like
to work on this more in the next year.

I spent an hour and a half planning for the staff meeting that I ran.

ISLLC Standards II and II- Culture and Management

Date: 3/11/14
District Level Gradebook Pilot Meeting
This is the third time we are meeting for the year. We are going over suggestions to change for the last
card marking of the pilot year. Suggestions were received very positively. Changes are being made to
institute for the 4
th
card marking.

ISLLC Standards I, III, VII- Vision, Management, and Technology

Date: 3/27/14
Parent Teacher Conferences Regarding Children on a Contract and Possible Retention
I led the parent teacher conferences while my administrator sat on them. This allowed me a chance to see
the way she handles parents with a very sensitive subject regarding contracts of students and the possible
retention of those children.

Preparation time was 2 hours for these conferences and documentation to support our recommendations
to the parents.

ISLLC Standards I, III, and V- Vision, Management, and Ethic
TIME: From:
4:00
To: 7:00 Hours: 5hrs. 0min. Hours To Date: 79hrs. 0min.

Date: 4/2/14
Meeting with high school mentors
I wanted to meet with the students that are present in my classroom. So we blocked off some time at the
end of the school day today to meet and I could gather some data from them. They shared so much. It
was an excellent way to end my day.

ISLLC Standard IV- Community
TIME: From: 3:35 To: 4:15 Hours: 0 hr. 40min. Hours To Date: 79hrs. 40min.

Date: 4/9/14
Late Start PLC meeting with all upper-el teachers, facilitation of math workshops

I enjoyed being able to lead the entire upper-el group to have meaningful conversations about math
workshops and the feedback for our math leaders to take back to the district.

ISLLC Standard I- Vision
TIME: From: 8:35 To: 9:35 Hours: 1 hour Hours To Date: 80 hrs. 40min.

Date: 4/14/14
Met with Ross and Greg Stinson, our new music teacher, to discuss the musical

I take on a leadership role in the 5
th
grade musical. I work one on one with students and whole group to
develop their acting skills for the musical. This year I wrote the musical and got the art teacher involved
in the decorations. This is a big undertaking and it has been a tradition at Snow School ever since I have
been here. This almost did not happen this year, but with some push we are getting things done and
practicing is starting to occur.

Development of a date, the actual musical script, programs, and parent letter was approximately 8 hours
of additional time outside of the school day.

ISLLC Standards III, IV, and VII- Management, Community, and Technology
TIME: From: 3:45 To: 4:45 Hours: 9 hrs. Hours To Date: 89hrs. 40min.

Date: 4/29/14
Met with fourth grade parents to discuss the end of the year promotion ceremony for the 5
th
graders and
their involvement in that.
This was a chance for me to get to know the fourth grade parents a little bit better. We developed and
divided up tasks for them for the 5
th
grade promotion ceremony for decorations and food for the reception.

ISLLC Standard V- Community
TIME: From: 3:45 To: 4:45 Hours: 1hr. Hours To Date: 90hrs. 40min.

Date: 5/5/14
Meeting with the science fair committee one last time to clarify jobs and roles; our administrator was
present for our last meeting
We clarified who will be judging, who is responsible for what parts of the science fair one last time,
designated emails that need to go out, ribbons and judge pins and the ordering that needs to take place.

Additional time spent on the planning was 1 hour.

ISLLC Standards I, II, and IV- Vision, Culture, and Community
TIME: From: 3:45 To: 5:00 Hours: 1 hr. 15min. Hours To Date: 91 hrs. 55min.

Date: 5/13/14
Run meeting with 5
th
grader teachers regarding end of the year Promotion Ceremony

We are coming down to the end of a successful school year. I had our team meet to discuss the details of
the 5
th
grade promotion ceremony. This year we have more students then we have ever had, so it is
important to be precise about what we are doing.

TIME: From: 3:45 To: 4:45 Hours: 1 hr. Hours To Date: 92 hrs. 55min.

Date: 5/20/14
Science Fair Expo during the day when the judging took place and in the evening for parents

Our science fair was a great success thanks to the many people that served on the committee. The judges
were present and judged the student work during the day while the students were there to give feedback
and then they left and it was open to the parents in the evening. I was the co-chair so I was present in the
fifth grade area to answer any questions the judges or distinguished guests might have.

Time spent was an hour and a half during the day and an hour in the evening.

ISLLC Standard I, II, III, IV- Vision, Culture, Management, and Community
TIME: From: 2:00 To: 3:30 Hours: 2 hrs. 30
min.
Hours To Date: 95 hrs. 25min.

Date: 6/2/14
Staff Meeting
This was the last staff meeting of the year I have run. The staff morale is low in the building so I decided
to bring back some fun to our meetings. We talked about happiness in the workplace and what we
could do to promote one another. There was a thousand great ideas shared. I introduced a little segment
that happens at the beginning of the staff meetings called Celebrations and Achievements. It was
received very well and in my own style there has to be dancing involved so we danced to the song
Happy. We also watched a TED Talk on Happiness. It was very effective and everyone left on a
positive note.

Preparation time for the staff meeting was 2 hours.

ISLLC Standard I,II, V- Vision, Culture, and Community
TIME: From:
3:45
To: 5:15 Hours: 3hrs. 30min. Hours To Date: 98 hrs. 55min.

Date: 6/11/14
Met with the Edsel Ford Team and our school social worker in regards to the development of the plan for
next year with the mentors coming over and assisting with Tier 2 Student Intervention Plans

This was such a positive meeting. There was an opportunity for reflection within the meeting, as well as,
setting our sights on next year and what we wanted to see accomplished. I am excited about continuing
this program and all the possibilities this could bring.

Compilation of data that was gathered by the mentors and mentees surveys and data used within our
school. 3 hours.

ISLLC Standard II, III, VII- Culture, Management, and Technology
TIME: From: 1:00 To: 3:00 Hours: 5hrs. Hours To Date: 103hrs. 55min.

Date: September 2013-June 2014
Mentoring Experience
This experience gave me an opportunity to assist a new teacher, so that she can gain and further her skill
set in the classroom. We met once a week for the duration of the year. I will continue to be her mentor
next year. Next year might represent more of a challenge because she might be moved to a new building.

These hours are based on meeting with my mentee and guiding her weekly for the duration of the school
year.

ISLCC Standard II- Culture
TIME: From: 3:35 To: 4:35 Hours: 34 hrs. Hours To Date: 137 hrs. 55min.

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