How is being a mentor teacher different from being a master teacher?
Cal Teach students do not take over a whole class for a period of time as often happens during student teaching. Cal Teach students serve more as classroom assistants who observe, help with student groups, or work with individual students. Your role as a mentor teacher is to help them learn about the career of teaching and the basics of lesson planning and working with students, as well as giving them an idea of what goes on behind the scenes in a working classroom, although we do ask that you work with your Cal Teach student to help them prepare a lesson to teach during their placement.
