Pre-Mentoring Survey for Novice Teachers
Name: 


  1. List previous teaching experience, including student teaching (it doesn't all have to be at a school!)


  1. List your strongest assets as a teacher


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    Lesson planning
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    Large-group instruction
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    small-group instruction
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    one-to-one instruction
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    classroom management
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    developing/administering informal classroom assessments
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    developing/administering formal classroom assessments
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    planning instructional units
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    planning and producing instructional materials
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    planning for students with special needs, including "At risk" and "gifted"
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    dealing with parents
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    dealing with crisis in the classroom
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    establishing rapport with faculty and staff
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    understanding learning and teaching styles
    1 2 3


  1. How would you rate your skills in the following area:
    1 = developing 2 = confident 3= accomplished

    ability to set appropriate levels of expectations for student achievement
    1 2 3


  1. Please make a list of between 5 and 25 questions you have RIGHT NOW that you think would help you get a head start on the year. They can be little things our huge philosophical ponderings . They can be specific or general, ANYTHING you want to know - now's the time!





Jill Eckel