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
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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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