Great Beginnings for Music Teachers: Mentoring and Supporting New Teachers

by Colleen M. Conway

Overview

This practical guide covers the challenges faced by beginning music teachers, district and state-sponsored mentoring and induction programs, alternative certification, and ideas for ongoing professional development. Based on the latest research, this book includes first-person accounts written by beginning music teachers and a state-by-state list of mentoring policies and programs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565451599
Publisher:	R&L Education
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

	Foreword	vii
	A Career as a Music Teacher	xiii
	About This Book	xvii
Part I	New Music Teacher Needs
	What Do We Know about Beginning Music Teachers?	3
	Challenges Faced by Beginning Music Teachers	9
Part II	Induction
	What Is Induction?	27
	School District-Sponsored Induction Programs	35
	State-Sponsored Induction Programs	41
	Designing an Induction Program	57
	Induction Ideas for Music Teachers	63
Part III	Mentoring
	School District-Sponsored Mentor Programs	69
	A Model Mentor Project	83
	Breaking the Isolation: Beginning Music Teacher Views on Collaboration	91
	Making Mentoring Work	105
Part IV	Critical Issues
	Assistance Versus Assessment	127
	The Mentor-Mentee Match: Preserving Tradition or Driving the Profession?	133
	The Teacher Shortage Versus Alternative Routes to Certification	139
	Ongoing Professional Development	151
Part V	Listening to Music Teachers
	"Oh, Didn't They Tell You?"	171
	Searching for Diversity	175
	Glad to Have My Mentor	179
	Band Festival: A Competition or a Checkup?	183
	No Teacher Left Behind	185
Appendix	State Mentoring Initiatives for New Teachers	189