Personal Narrative: Building A Positive Relationship With A Mentor Teacher

Building a positive relationship with a mentor teacher has a positive impact on an early career teacher’s sense of personal resilience. Mentor teachers can provide a wealth of knowledge for pre-service teachers, like myself, as well as early career teachers (TeacherFeature AITSL, 12 August, 2012). This knowledge can be applied for managing challenging behaviour, designing lesson plans, or simply discussing ways to effectively assess students. On my practicum placement, I will be collaborating with my mentor teacher to discuss their perspectives on assessment, which assessment strategies they have already implemented this year, along with the effectiveness of these thus far. I will document this information on my e-Portfolio on ‘Mme Moe’ to