Language Arts Mentor? Discover the Difference a Mentor Makes

So what is a Language Arts Mentor - aren't they just a teacher with a different name? A mentor is a trusted advisor, someone who has travelled your road and can help you past the pitfalls.

To me,

there is a big difference

between a teacher and a mentor.

A good teacher will also be a mentor,

but a true mentor is not

only a teacher!

As a language arts mentor, I am more concerned about progress than curriculum, character than completion, and life skills than testing. I use curricula often to guide the learning, but I am not bound by it. Where gaps present themselves we can slow down and address them. When a student needs guidance on an assignment we can work together and I can pattern the work for them to learn from. A language arts mentor walks the road with the student to accomplish their goals, develop their character, and meet the learning requirements.

A mentor:

• considers the student's and parents' goals

• assesses for learning gaps

• guides each step of the way

• demonstrates how to learn

• patterns skills

• encourages discipline and character development

• motivates in dry times

• celebrates the milestones

Just imagine what a Language Arts Mentor can help you achieve!