Organizational Learning & Support Services

NEW TEACHER ORIENTATION
Each year, SAISD hosts an orientation for all new teachers joining SAISD (including teachers with experience and those who are new to the profession). Check the New Teacher Orientation page for more details.

NEW TEACHER ACADEMY
Teachers continue their induction into SAISD through New Teacher Academy. Teachers build upon their learning from New Teacher Orientation with information relevant to the time of year.

MENTOR PROGRAM
SAISD's mentor program provides support to teachers in their first two years in the profession. Mentors meet weekly with their mentee to guide them in all aspects of induction as professional educators. Mentors complete annual training to stay current with mentoring practices and skills. Each campus also has a designated Campus Mentor Coordinator who strategically pairs new teachers with a mentor and holds meetings at the campus level. New teachers with more than two years experience are provided with a Campus Buddy who serves as a resource to the teacher primarily around campus and district procedures.

FAQs

If you are new to SAISD and in your first or second year of teaching, you will receive support as part of the program. If you do not know who your mentor is, please contact our office at 210-554-8521 or newtea cheracademy@saisd.net.

You can access all the details at the New Teacher Orientation website.

Every campus has a Campus Mentor Coordinator who pairs new teachers with mentors. You may also contact our office at 210-554-8521 or newt eacheracademy@saisd.net.

SAISD requires that a mentor have at least three years of teaching experience and meet the objective hiring criteria for the district (9 of 16 dimensions of T-TESS are rated as Proficient with no rating of Improvement Needed). Ideally, mentors teach the same grade level/content area as their mentee, but such a pairing is not always possible. All mentor assignments must be approved by the campus principal.

In general, mentors should support mentees with all aspects of becoming a professional educator. Specific mentoring activities are outlined in campus- and district-level mentor meetings. For questions, email newteacheracademy@saisd.net.

Mentors must complete annual training provided by the district. Mentors meet weekly or bi-weekly (depending on the mentee's years of service) and submit weekly meeting logs. Mentors should contact their Campus Mentor Coordinator for more details or email newteacheracademy@saisd.net.

It is the policy of San Antonio ISD not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation or disability in its vocational programs, services or activities as required by Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and SAISD's board policies DIA, FFH, and FFI.

Es norma del distrito de San Antonio no discriminar por motivos de raza, color, religión, origen nacional, sexo, identidad de género, expresión de género, orientación sexual o discapacidad, en sus programas, servicios o actividades vocacionales, tal como lo requieren el Título VI de la Ley de Derechos Civiles de 1964, según enmienda; el Título IX de las Enmiendas en la Educación, de 1972, la Sección 504 de la Ley de Rehabilitación de 1973, según enmienda, y las pólizas DIA, FFH, y FFI de la mesa directiva de SAISD.