Photo: Some of this year's Mentors and Mentees
Falls Church City Public Schools is recognizing the end of the second year of its mentoring program set up for teachers who are in their first year with FCCPS.
The FCCPS Mentoring Program was initiated in the 2018/19 academic year, to help facilitate the onboarding of new teachers to FCCPS by providing support in areas such as instructional methods, classroom management, assessment, and parent communication.
The program is geared towards supporting first-year and veteran teachers that are new to the division, which involves collaborating with school administrators to match mentors with mentees.
This year, there were 25 pairs of mentors/mentees and mentees/support buddies working together this year, sharing knowledge and experiences. In this program, new teachers benefit from having a source for answers to questions about programs specific to FCCPS including Schoology and IB, and also having a source for feedback, procedures, and a ready ear.
2019-2020 Mentoring Program Participants
| Mentee | Peer Mentor | Mentee | Support Buddy |
| Anna Barr | Josh Singer | Michael Notttingham | Kattie Johnson |
| Carly Swanson | Tami Hagler | Kelsey Lietzen | Karin Tooze |
| Kerry Dwyer | Shelly Dubois | Adan Rivera | Mark Deal |
| Austin Gogal | Chris Carrico | Kathryn Kramer | Katia Taylor |
| Lisa Murphy | Jackie Harper | Sheri Philllips | Janet Lundin |
| Kristal Gentzel | Janet Phillips | ||
| Diane Kidder | Dave Sikora | ||
| Susan Jinks | Ray WuRorrer | ||
| Amelia Sebes | Linda Saleh | ||
| Nina Douangphoumy | Julia Noble | ||
| Sheryl Jones | Motrya Manalac | ||
| Katherine Haig | Nan Hof | ||
| Laura Schomer | Julie Huber | ||
| Andrea Chew | Beth Jenkins | ||
| Robert Agnew | Nick Werkmen | ||
| Sara Tennyson | Brittney Allen-Shaw | ||
| Amanda Wolfe | Lindsay Sheldon | ||
| Hamil Garcia Linares | Holly Garcia | ||
| Katherine Haig | Nan Hof | ||
| Laura Schomer | Julie Huber | ||
| Andrea Chew | Beth Jenkins | ||
| Robert Agnew | Nick Werkmen | ||
| Sara Tennyson | Brittney Allen-Shaw | ||
| Amanda Wolfe | Lindsay Sheldon | ||
| Hamil Garcia Linares | Holly Garcia |