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THE HERALD Wednesday March Page II New teachers learn from their mentors in town When a new semester of school begins it can be a traumatic ex for those students who are new to the area But its not just the new students that have a rought time says Joanne Zywine a Halton Board of Education supenntendant of in structional services the new can also have a tough time To help new teachers begin their careers the board implemented a teachermentor program in September 1988 The program has helped at least two local teachers get started Karen Coats a teacher at George Kennedy Public School since September said her mentor Kathryn Braga a teacher for five years helped her in just to judge the kids The strictness levels can be kept more consistent she said Ms Coats teaches the English section of a French 1m mersion class Her mentor Ms teaches the French section of the same French immersion class Ms said she tried to give Ms Coats little tricks of the trade that make life more enjoyable This includes knowing what to worry about and what not to worry about for the first few months Ms Braga added Ms Coats and Ms met before September and now meet once a month to try and solve some of the problems Ms Coats may be having One of the main problems is the curriculum of a specific class Ms Braga said Debbie Curtis has seen both sides of the program as a rookie teacher in the first year of the pro gram and as a mentor school year and says teachers now tend to What fit into a can go in the next or a later one she said Kathryn Ms agreed and added the teachers develop a flexibility to the teaching structure of a class Ms Curtis explained that once a teacher learns the teaching struc ture it becomes easier Ms Curtis said mentors can help the new teacher keep up to date with outofclass activities The mentor helps the new person prioritize things she added The meetings about the teacher mentor program can take up a lot of time Ms Curtis said She said her mentor was good at pointing out the important aspects of teaching and the unimportant aspects of teaching Ms Curtis has however heard of one class in which a mentor was so good at teaching that she could leave at 3 m and leave the new teacher still looking for her desktop Another possible negative aspect of the program is with the mentors who have 20 to years of ex WILLOW LANE NATURAL FOODS 26 Guelph SI Georgetown Ont 8779896 Floor Faihlont LI IS Willow St ACTON Dlrx HOMETOWN GEORGETOWN PARENTCHILD CENTRE presents a Spring Summer Childrens Fashion Show Saturday April 7th 1100 am 89 Mountainview Rd S St Andrews United Church Admission Tickets available at Georgetown Fabrics Victoria Lane Georgetown Parent Child Centre Royal LePage Realtors All Proceeds To Georgetown ParentChild Centre Hosted By Victoria Lane 70 Main St S Downtown Georgetown 8732452 Karen Coats penence and push all their old ideas onto the new teachers Ms said Ms Curtis agreed and said the newer teachers turned mentors have fresher ideas and can relate better to the new teacher So far per cent of the par in the program believe it should continue Ms said Approximately per cent of the mentors wanted to be mentors again she added These results were taken from a survey at the end of the last school year Ms said Back from Ottawa as world champs NORVALHyatt and Charlotte McClure RR2 have returned home from six days in Ottawa were strong sup porters for Canada in the womens world hockey cham pionships The McClures soninlaw Dave McMaster was coach for the Canadian team and spent two weeks in Ottawa prior to the championships The McClures motored to Ot tawa with their daughter Norma and grandchildren Anne and Scott McMaster ot Toronto The games were played In the Ottawa Civic Centre to full capacity crowds and they were attended by Mayor Hazel Mc Callion of Mississauga who was a hockey player in her earlier years Team members came from as far east as New Brunswick and as far west as Alberta and coach Dave McMaster ended up with 22 players 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