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New-Teacher and Mentor Starter Kit

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Library package prepared 2 November 2026. Revised guides are marked with that date; other files retain their stated editions. Keep this package with the teacher. Read START-HERE, choose one stage, and retain teacher keys and checks for later use in their separate folders. Online browser versions are linked from the preparation pages.

New-Teacher and Mentor Starter Kit · current ZIP · 1.2 MB

Is this the right resource?

Audience / fit: New teachers and mentors; Grade 6 examples
Teaching or planning target: Free planning tools, handoff notes, mentoring routines, and new-teacher supports.
Essential prerequisites: A teacher-chosen question and verified local roles, procedures and class details.
Preparation: Review the starting route, choose one task and its matching guide, and prepare copies; preparation time depends on the branch.
Use time: Use the selected resource’s lesson/check estimate; the collection is a choice of routes, not one additional lesson.
Materials: The selected student file or adult form, its matching guidance, and the materials named for that branch.
What to print: Mentoring meeting forms and adult notes; add the planner, routine, handoff or family form that matches the current need.

Print and adapt for your own planning and classroom use; printed copies may be shared within your classroom or school team, provided the source is not sold. Keep attribution and resource-specific notices. For redistribution and third-party materials, read the Terms of Use. Recommend this resource using its page link.

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Free planning tools, handoff notes, mentoring routines, and new-teacher supports.

Where to start

Choose the branch that matches your immediate need. Open individual resource pages for the student materials and separate teacher guidance; you do not have to download the whole collection first.

First 30 Days of New-Teacher Mentoring — Begin with the new teacher’s chosen question and one manageable action; verify observation and note boundaries locally.
Practical Lesson-Planning Pack — For lesson planning, use the blank planner and its completed example.
Substitute Handoff and Independent-Work Pack — For continuity, prepare the local handoff and supplied independent assignment.
Teach and Reteach Classroom Routines — For routines, plan observable steps and rehearsal.
Practical Family-Communication Templates — For family communication, draft from verified facts and the approved local channel.

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Archive: ZIP files · teacher preparation only

Earlier guidance and source files are retained as historical records. For classroom teaching and printing, use the current stage files and matching guides above. Older guidance, timing and layouts are superseded; some retained browser/Word files have limited writing space or sparse extra pages. Keep historical student files with their historical keys and do not mix editions.

This archive may combine teaching, later tasks and answers. Choose the individual resource and its stage-specific pages before making student handouts.

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Extract the ZIP and read the included starting guide. Files are grouped by resource and by student or teacher use. Keep teacher guidance and answers separate from student copies. Individual files are also available from the resource pages below.

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Use the editable files to adapt the materials to your learners and local curriculum.

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Add a complete mathematics rehearsal

After agreeing the teacher’s mentoring focus, use the unit-rate mentoring rehearsal to carry fictional student reasoning through a neutral probe, different teaching responses and a fresh matched check. It includes worked, guided and independent decisions, complete learner prompts, separate answers and a return-conversation record.