Mentor Program Information for 2024-25
AWSP is excited to offer mentoring services as a support to our members!
School leaders are now able to request mentoring support directly from AWSP. If you would like to be paired with an AWSP trained mentor, please click on the Request A Mentor button below.
All mentoring requests will be addressed on a first come first served basis. Once a mentor has been selected, you will be notified via email about the pairing, which will include a virtual introduction and contact information for your mentor.
For Mentors
This year AWSP will be offering mentor academies for currently trained mentors, as well as those wishing to be trained. AWSP is pleased to offer two acadamies this year; one for mentors who identify as BIPOC, the other for mentors who identify as white. These academies will take place in late fall and will be accessible here, once registration is available. There will be no cost to attend an academy, and they will all be held virtually.
All funds for mentoring will now be secured directly through the AWSP office. If you are assigned a mentee you will be provided with an invoice template that can be used to invoice AWSP.
AWSP and OSPI will be working collaboratively to determine appropriate mentor allocations depending on the number of requests received.
AWSP will continue their long-standing practice of pairing mentees with trained mentors and providing professional learning supports.
Why Mentoring Matters
The principalship is more demanding than ever. Principals are creating the culture, systems, and instructional conditions necessary for all children to achieve at high levels in an economic and social context that is complex, challenging and fraught with inequity for children and families.
Mentoring can support the development of new school administrators as instructional leaders and increase principal and assistant principal retention, contributing to greater stability in school reform efforts over time.