Upcoming Trainings

CERRA offers trainings to become a certified mentor or mentor trainer South Carolina. We also provide support and materials for those hosting their own trainings. Click the boxes below to explore information and upcoming opportunities on trainings in South Carolina.
South Carolina Mentor Training
SC Mentor Training
August 8-9, 2017
The SCEA Headquarters - Columbia, SC
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Please click the green "Register" button if you wish to pay via debit or credit card. Please click the blue "Show other payment options" link located below the green "Register" button if you wish to provide a purchase order. The Eventbrite system will automatically generate documents which can be used as an invoice. If you require an additional invoice, please contact Jan Patterson at pattersonj@cerra.org.
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SC Mentor Training
September 5-6, 2017
The SCEA Headquarters - Columbia, SC
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Please click the green "Register" button if you wish to pay via debit or credit card. Please click the blue "Show other payment options" link located below the green "Register" button if you wish to provide a purchase order. The Eventbrite system will automatically generate documents which can be used as an invoice. If you require an additional invoice, please contact Jan Patterson at pattersonj@cerra.org.
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The criteria for becoming a mentor in South Carolina can be found on page 18 of the SC Mentoring and Induction Guidelines. Each district has a process for selecting mentors, so contact your district office mentoring coordinator prior to registering for the training. Please note, with the development of the new South Carolina Mentor Training, these guidelines will be updated in the near future.
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The new South Carolina Mentor Training is available to continuing-contract educators who are effective practitioners, who have the desire and dispositions to support the professional growth and transition of novice educators, and who have the recommendation of their employing districts. CERRA will host a minimum of two statewide training sessions during the 2016-2017 school year. Individual schools districts may also host trainings throughout the school year. 

Under the new South Carolina Mentor Training requirements, already-trained mentors must complete a short online update training which will provide them with the new information. District Mentoring and Induction Coordinators have been provided with the information regarding this training. Please contact your Mentoring and Induction Coordinator with any questions. 
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Intended audience
This training is particularly appropriate for support providers, supervisors of interns and pre-interns, subject matter coaches, master teachers, mentor teachers, teacher leaders, principals and administrators of programs which provide support for beginning teachers. 

​Content
The two-day South Carolina Mentor Training focuses on the knowledge, skills, and understandings critical to those who work with beginning teachers. It is guided by the belief that learning to teach is a career-long developmental process that involves a continuous cycle of planning, teaching, and reflecting. At the heart of this work is the mentor’s ability to respond to each new teacher's individual developmental and contextual needs and to promote the ongoing examination of classroom practice.

Current Training Topics
  • Importance of Mentoring
  • General Needs of Beginning Teachers
  • Mentor Attributes, Roles, and Responsibilities
  • Teacher Variety
  • Differentiated Mentoring
  • Effective Mentoring Practice
  • Expanded ADEPT Support and Evaluation System
  • Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)
  • Mentoring Cycle
  • Coaching Dialogue Protocol
  • Pre-Observation Conference
  • Observer Behaviors and Protocols
  • Evidence-Gathering Strategies
  • Protocols for Analyzing Observation Data
  • Post-Observation Conference
  • Providing Effective Feedback
  • Goal-Setting
  • Teacher Learning Opportunities (TLOs)

CERRA trains experienced teachers and administrators to become effective mentors to beginning teachers, believing that, with effective mentoring and support, beginning teachers can thrive in their development as experienced teachers. In addition, the development of effective mentors fortifies true teacher leadership and fosters agents of change in South Carolina schools.
South Carolina Mentor Trainer Certification
South Carolina Mentor Trainer Certification
​(Must have completed SC Mentor Training)
December 5-6, 2017
The SCEA Headquarters - Columbia, SC
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Please click the green "Register" button if you wish to pay via debit or credit card. Please click the blue "Show other payment options" link located below the green "Register" button if you wish to provide a purchase order. The Eventbrite system will automatically generate documents which can be used as an invoice. If you require an additional invoice, please contact Jan Patterson at pattersonj@cerra.org. 
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Mentors interested in becoming a certified mentor trainer must attend the new two-day Mentor Trainer Certification Training and have the approval of their district's mentoring and induction coordinator. This comprehensive two-day training prepares mentors to be effective mentor trainers in their schools and districts. It will be conducted using the new mentor curriculum.

To participate in Mentor Trainer Certification Training, mentors must have previously completed the three-day South Carolina Foundations in Mentor Training or the new two-day South Carolina Mentor Training and received approval to become a trainer from their district's mentoring and induction coordinator.

​Updated mentor training materials have been added to a secure CERRA mentor trainer website. Those completing Trainer Certification will be given access. If you have any questions contact Dr. Jenna Hallman, Program Director, at hallmanj@cerra.org or 803-323-4032 ext. 6412.
Host a Training
Hosting a District-Sponsored Training
CERRA coordinates the scheduling for the SC Foundations in Mentoring training as specified in the Induction and Mentoring Guidelines adopted by the State Board of Education. 
 
Steps for Hosting a District-Sponsored Training
  1. Order materials for your training. Please plan to order materials at least three weeks in advance of the training. Materials ordered less than two weeks in advance may require additional delivery fees or may need to be picked up from the CERRA office.
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  2. Complete the Mentor Database Excel file located on the secure trainer website and return it to Jan Patterson at pattersonj@cerra.org. CERRA will mail participant training certificates to the lead trainer and will add the participants to the state mentor database.

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