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Hal Portner

 Education Consultant & Futurist
· Teacher Induction, Mentoring & Coaching
·  Emergent Teacher-Leadership.
·  21st Century Teaching & Learning

         
         

Contact Hal at:
    E-mail address:  hportner@comcast.net
    Phone:  413-584-1285

CContact him directly, or see Hal's Listing Text Box: About Hal Portner... For 20 years, Hal Portner was a teacher and administrator in two Connecticut public school districts. For the next 10 years, he was with the Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau of Certification and Professional Development, where, among other responsibilities, he served as coordinator of the Connecticut Institute for Teaching and Learning and worked closely with school districts to develop and carry out professional development and teacher evaluation plans and programs. Hal also served as Assistant Director of the Mount Holyoke College SummerMath program and for three years was professional development consultant for the faculty of Holyoke (MA) Community College. Now, Hal writes, develops materials, trains mentors, facilitates the development of new-teacher induction programs, and presents to and consults with school districts and other educational organizations and institutions. He is the author of Mentoring New Teachers (3rd edition, 2008), Training Mentors Is Not Enough: Everything Else Schools and Districts Need to Do (2001),  Being Mentored: A Guide For Protégés (2002), Teacher Induction and Mentoring: The State of the Art and Beyond (2005), and Workshops that Really Work: The ABCs of Designing and Delivering Sensational Presentations (2006) all published by Corwin Press. Hal is a member of the National Staff Development Council, the International Mentoring Association, and is on the Editorial Board of Mentoring and Tutoring, an international peer-review journal. He is listed with Peer Resources - A global authority on peer assistance, mentorship and coaching, a director of The Teachers' Loft, a problem solver for IdeaConnection, and a member of the Advisory Board of Edhuru Annex, a consulting firm in the nation of Maldives.                    
in *Corwin's Speakers Bureau for more information.

CHal is widely sought after as a consultant, speaker
and trainer. *Services Provided.
 

                  "With the guidance of Hal Portner, our new teacher
                      induction/mentoring program made a turnaround
                      from a bare minimum, “letter of the law” program
                      into a dynamic, teacher-affirming program! Our
                      mentoring team now has a shared vision of the
                      components of effective mentoring and, more
                      importantly, our mentees [and students] are
                      reaping the benefits.”
                                                                    -- William E. Collins, Principal
                                           William E. Norris Elementary School, Southampton, MA

 

NEW! Advanced Training for Experienced Mentors.
                                    and
Managing the Induction and Mentoring Program:
 A Daylong Workshop for Principals and School Leaders.
                       Contact Hal for details

 CRead about Hal's special 1 to 3 day sessions for school
districts and their school boards:
*Get Serious About Induction & Mentoring.

CRead *articles by Hal Portner  published in
*teachers.net/gazette  and *Springfield Republican and
*Success for New Teachers article in
*American School Board Journal

CSchedule a multi-day *Induction & Mentoring Institute to develop
or enhance your district's Induction and Mentoring system and design
a detailed procedural manual for the program.

C(Click on a book below by Hal Portner to view and/or to place an order)

                              

       

Some Current & Recent Projects

n Education Service Center 10, Richardson (Dallas) TX. Administrative Leadership   Training (ALT).
      Presenter: Teacher Induction & Mentoring: What Principals Can Do.

n     School of Education UMass Amherst Centennial Marathon, 2008, Presenter: Teacher  Induction & Mentoring:
       Its Key Elements and Significant Value.

n   Laureate Education, Inc. Contributing Scholar: Teacher Leadership: Mentoring, Coaching, and Collaboration with Colleagues;
         an online graduate course for Walden University Online.                             

n    Calgary (Canada) Regional Consortium, Reaching & Teaching Conference 2008.
        Presenter: The Art of Teacher Induction and Mentoring

n Massachusetts Department of Education, Special Education Planning & Policy Development. Regional Conferences, Fall 2007.
        Keynote speaker (Informal Teacher-Leader) & workshop presenter (Mentoring).

n    MACTE/COMTEC/MAECTE Fall 2007 Educators as Leaders Conference. Lead presenter, Collaboration: the Key to Comprehensive,
       Coherent and Continuous New Teacher Development.

n University of New Haven, Current Educational Issues Course.. Guest Lecturer,
        Teacher Induction and Mentoring.

n The W. M. Norris Elementary School (K-6), Southampton, MA. :
        Teacher Induction and Mentoring program consultant, and mentor trainer.

n The CENTER at Westfield (MA) State College. Leading the Teacher Induction & Mentoring Program,
        a four-day Institute for school district teams.

n Education Service Center 10, Richardson (Dallas) TX . Retention and Support of Early Career Teachers.

n Westfield (MA) State College. Guest Lecturer, Teacher Induction and Mentoring Center Graduate Program.

n National 2005: Year of Languages, Consultant to the National Committee.

n Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES (New York) Curriculum Camp VIII, Feature Presenter, Mentoring Pathway        

n The Georgia Systemic Teacher Education Program (GSTEP) 2nd Annual Teacher Induction Conference,  Univ. of Georgia.  
        Keynote speaker and workshop presenter.        

n Connecticut Vocational-Technical School System. Consultant/Writer “Collaboration for the Induction,
        Mentoring & Support (CIMS) of Beginning Teachers.

n Montclair (NJ) State University. School of Educ. Dept. of Early Childhood. Developing a Mentoring Program.

n New Jersey Network for Educational Renewal. Presenter, Teacher Induction & Mentoring.

n University of New Mexico. Co-Developer of Mentoring Standards and “Mentor’s Toolkit.

n Connecticut State Department of Higher Education, Alternate Route to Certification (ARC) Program.  
        Presenter, Mentoring 2nd Career Teachers.

n Cuyahoga County (Ohio) Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities. Presenter,
        Mentoring New Teachers of Special Needs Students.

n  Washington DC Charter Schools - School Culture and Accountable Conference, Presenter: school culture and leadership.

n National and International Conference Presentations in Boston, Calgary, Denver, Philadelphia, Chicago, Tampa and San Jose.

  

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