The first school where I taught in USA was called Chesney Elementary School. At the beginning I was assigned to teach 5th grade . I found myself struggling even though I had taught English as Foreign Language in universities in China before and even though I had been also trained teaching in elementary school in the teacher college at Queen’s University. I was assigned a mentor who was the grade chair for 5th grade. However, she was not available to support me at all. Things started to change since I requested to switch to teach kindergarten in the same school. I got lots of support from the kindergarten teaching team. I was assigned a peer mentor. She was always available to help me when needed. The grade chair for kindergarten was also very supportive. With such effective mentorship and support, I have turned into a great kindergarten teacher since then.
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