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1st Impressions

Mentoring is a part of No Child Left Behind and is seen as one of the tools which schools have to better meet the instructional needs of students. Sumner County Schools mentoring program, 1st Impressions, is aimed at supporting and retaining new teachers. Trained mentors are assigned to first year teachers by principals in 38 of Sumner County's schools.

1st Impressions goals are:

  • To improve teaching performance
  • To establish a collaborative professional team responsible for providing assistance and support for new teachers
  • To satisfy state-mandated requirements related to induction and certification, and
  • To increase the retention of promising new members of the teaching staff during the induction years.
Adapted: ASCD Mentoring and Leadership Network

1st Impressions Fall Newsletter

Mentors and New Teachers

Need help with a situation or answer to a question?  Ask a Lead Mentor!

High School Lead Mentor

Middle School Lead Mentor

Elementary School Lead Mentor

Special Education Lead Mentor

Related Arts Lead Mentor


Additional questions or comments regarding the mentoring of non-tenured teachers may be directed to 451-5246. For additional information, teachers may want to link to the TN Department of Education

Curriculum standards may be found by accessing http://tn.gov/education/curriculum.shtml
and the Framework for Evaluation forms are available at http://tn.gov/education/frameval/index.shtml 

Linking to Schoolstation will allow teachers to register for professional development or check on their individual professional development roster of activities.