3/17 Mentoring

I had a very bad experience as a beginning teacher and mentoring.  My mentor ended up being someone I could not trust, wanted me to clone her, not learn from her and gave me no positive feedback.  With all of this said I think I would actually make a good mentor.  Knowing what not to do can only make you better, right?  My first thoughts were to shy away from the entire idea but I'm too much of a people person to not be involved in what could be an excellent program.  I enjoy helping people.  By this I mean find their own way.  That's what makes me a good math teacher.  I don't think there is only one way to teach how to do a math problem.  There may be 10 different ways, and as long as the end result is that a student got the right answer following some method so be it.  For an example:  Attendance.  As a mentoring teacher I would explain the role attendance has at the school/office level (it's importance), show how I do it in my grade book, answer any questions, then let the new teacher see what works for them, following up on the idea in a few sessions.  Everyone does their "stuff" their way, and that's okay with me.