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School Admin Virtual Mentor Program #SAVMP

July 3, 2013
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School Admin Virtual Mentor Program #SAVMP
Looking to help develop administrators to lead innovative school environments that meet the needs of students today, we have decided to start the “School Administrator Virtual Mentor Program” (#SVAMP).  This program is to pair a new administrator with one that has more experience.  This is not meant to be the typical “mentor-mentee” relationship, but the hope is that through active sharing, each administrator will be help to learn from each other, and others can learn from all of the shared experiences.
Program Design
This program is meant to last for the 2013-2014 school year (typically August to June) although it is open to administrators from all over the world.  Each person that is a “mentor” will be paired with three (maximum) “mentees” that they will be able to connect through virtual means (email, twitter, videochat, etc.) to help them develop their leadership.  There will also be an online sessions (once a month) that will help to share ideas for learning and leading with guest speakers.  All of these talks will be archived and shared if they do not fit into your regular schedule. This is more than likely to be done through the use of Google Hangout.
All of the standards that we will be focusing on will be based on the