Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching
The authors of Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching, second edition, provide a comprehensive and tested plan for helping seasoned faculty guide new teachers to a higher level of joint assessment and inquiry. Moving beyond the basics of “Plan/Teach/Evaluate”, the authors provide mentors with a road map to help new teachers become confident, reflective educators.

The book is organized around a series of questions and incorporates the latest findings on all aspects of mentoring. In this second edition, teachers will find five new chapters that demonstrate how to work with ELL students, communicating with parents, curriculum mapping, developing school culture, and the role of administrators within an effective mentoring system.

The collaborative model outlined in the book is enlightening and rewarding for the mentor and novice alike.
 

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Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching
The authors of Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching, second edition, provide a comprehensive and tested plan for helping seasoned faculty guide new teachers to a higher level of joint assessment and inquiry. Moving beyond the basics of “Plan/Teach/Evaluate”, the authors provide mentors with a road map to help new teachers become confident, reflective educators.

The book is organized around a series of questions and incorporates the latest findings on all aspects of mentoring. In this second edition, teachers will find five new chapters that demonstrate how to work with ELL students, communicating with parents, curriculum mapping, developing school culture, and the role of administrators within an effective mentoring system.

The collaborative model outlined in the book is enlightening and rewarding for the mentor and novice alike.
 

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Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching

Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching

Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching

Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching

Overview

The authors of Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching, second edition, provide a comprehensive and tested plan for helping seasoned faculty guide new teachers to a higher level of joint assessment and inquiry. Moving beyond the basics of “Plan/Teach/Evaluate”, the authors provide mentors with a road map to help new teachers become confident, reflective educators.

The book is organized around a series of questions and incorporates the latest findings on all aspects of mentoring. In this second edition, teachers will find five new chapters that demonstrate how to work with ELL students, communicating with parents, curriculum mapping, developing school culture, and the role of administrators within an effective mentoring system.

The collaborative model outlined in the book is enlightening and rewarding for the mentor and novice alike.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781571107428
Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
Publication date: 01/22/2009
Edition description: second edition
Pages: 208
Product dimensions: 7.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range: 5 - 17 Years

About the Author

Jean Boreen is a Professor of English education at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she regularly teaches secondary methods courses on young adult literature and teaching literature in secondary schools.

Jean came from a family of teachers, so following in those footsteps was a logical choice. She received her B.A. and M.A. from Iowa State University and her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. She taught grades seven through twelve in Virginia and Iowa and at a community college in northern Virginia.




Mary K. Johnson, a veteran secondary and university educator, has taught English and ESL courses in the U.S., Hong Kong, and Papua New Guinea. She now lives, writes, and teaches on Guam.


Joe Potts (Ph.D. University of Iowa) teaches in the English department at California State University at Long Beach.

Table of Contents

Preface x

Acknowledgments xiii

1 Why Do I Want to Be Part of a Mentoring Experience? 1

2 Why Do We Need Mentors? 5

The Need for Mentoring 5

An Overview of Mentoring 8

Mentoring Benefits 10

Mentoring Recommendations 11

Mentoring Tensions 14

Working with Team Mentors 18

Working with the University Supervisor 20

Working with School Administrators 21

Summary 23

3 How Do I Prepare to Be a Mentoring Guide? 25

Welcoming the Beginning Teacher 26

Providing Freedom to Experiment 32

Summary 35

4 How Do I Prepare to Be a Mentoring Coach? 37

Thinking Like a Mentoring Coach 38

Becoming a Reflective Dialogue Coach 40

Summary 54

5 How Do I Encourage Reflection? 55

Why Reflection? 56

Activities That Promote Reflection 59

Reflection Promotes Professionalism 70

Summary 71

6 How Do I Help with Classroom Management Challenges? 73

Problems and Challenges 74

Principles of Management 76

Summary 83

7 How Do I Encourage Teachers Who Work with English Language Learners? 85

Teacher Stories 86

What Mentors Should Know About English Language Teaching 89

Questions Encountered by ELL Mentors 93

Summary 97

8 How Do I Help Integrate Beginning Teachers into the School Culture? 99

Self-Assessing the School Culture 100

Respecting the Beginning Teacher's Perspective 101

Introducing the Faculty and Staff 103

Modeling Respect for Administrators 105

Explaining School Norms and Traditions 106

Summary 107

9 How Do I Promote Effective Relationships with Parents/Guardians? 109

Initial Interactions 111

Open Houses and Parent/Teacher Conferences 112

Unexpected Conferences 116

Technology Aids 119

Communication Logs and Documentation121

Summary 121

10 How Do I Provide Mentoring Opportunities During Curriculum Mapping? 123

What Is Curriculum Mapping? 124

Mentoring Using Horizontal Curriculum Mapping 125

Summary 130

11 How Should Mentors Communicate with Administrators? 131

Roles and Boundaries 132

Communication with Established Guidelines 133

Support and Evaluation for Mentors 137

Summary 141

12 How Do I Encourage Professional Development? 143

Individual Professional Development Plan 144

Professional Development Pathways 148

The Professional Development Portfolio 154

Summary 155

13 "What If?" Questions from Mentors 157

Questions for Any Mentoring Situations 158

Mentoring the Student Teacher 160

Mentoring the Beginning Teacher 171

Appendix 175

Resources for Teachers 177

References 187

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