COSERE | 167 Online Mentoring ROLE ∙ Using online conferencing new staff can participate in discussion and sharing with both experienced and other beginning colleagues CONSIDERATIONS ∙ Enables access to a variety of resources and perspectives outside the school or work site ∙ Not everyone may feel comfortable sharing issues and concerns in a “public” online forum Communities of Practice ROLE ∙ Educators with similar teaching assignments and/or professional interests form learning networks across a region or district ∙ These networks may meet face to face and/or online CONSIDERATIONS ∙ Extends the mentoring web beyond school or work site ∙ While board-level support of these learning networks can be very helpful, the learning agenda mustn’t be externally mandated
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