The benefits mentors derive from mentoring may be of equal or even greater importance than those experienced by novice teachers. - Teacher Mentoring as Professional Development, Eric Digest, 2001
The MTDS framework encourages teachers to engage in the work of teaching from multiple lenses, and the six MTDS domains represent key roles all teachers hold throughout their entire career:
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Acquiring a New Role: Coach & MentorThe MTDS Domains represent roles all teachers hold regardless of where they are in their career. The Mastering Course C teacher, however, is in the process of acquiring a new role as a mentor and/or coach. This role requires the ability to view the work of teaching from a new perspective outside of their own personal activation of various roles of teaching. They gain a new position from which to see the impact of these roles on the implementation of the knowledge and skills of teaching. The Mastering C Teacher
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