I’ve written a lot about the importance of peer mentors (see The Best Resources On The Value & Practice Of Having Older Students Mentoring Younger Ones).
For the past fifteen years or so, my IB Theory of Knowledge students have been mentors to ninth-graders (and to older new immigrant students). Every Thursday, they walk with their mentees for about ten minutes, and also complete short reports on their conversations that are shared with teachers.
On those days, when they enter my room at the beginning of class, there’s a slide being projected sharing the “focus question” for the conversation that day. Students know to take a picture of it with their phone.
You can download a slideshow here with the thirty focus questions we use during the year.
I’ve written a lot about the importance of peer mentors (see The Best Resources On The Value & Practice Of Having Older Students Mentoring Younger Ones). For the past fifteen years or so, my IB Theory of Knowledge students have been mentors to ninth-graders (and to older new immigrant students). Every Thursday, they walk instruction, teacher resources Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
