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Mentoring in Action: A Month-by-Month Curriculum for Mentors and Their New Teachers
Carol M Pelletier

ISBN-10: 0205438989
ISBN-13: 9780205438983

Publisher: Merrill
Copyright: 2006
Format: Paper; 288 pp
Published: 08/22/2005

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  • Contains a month-by-month guide for both mentors and new teachers. 
  • Contains numerous forms and practical tips for creating effective mentoring meetings for both the new teacher and the student teacher.
  • Outlines how to identify and discuss difficult issues as mentors and new teachers work together.
  • Includes classroom management and discipline ideas for beginners.

Introduction: A Letter to the Readers

 

PartI. Inducting a New Teacher into the Teaching Profession: Year 1

 

Components of a High Quality Induction Program

What is Induction?

A Plan for Induction

Resources

Orientations

Mentoring

Professional Development

Evaluation

 

The Role of the Mentor

What Should a Mentor Strive for?

Expanding the One-to-One Model of Mentoring

Differentiated Mentoring

Five Principles For Effective Mentoring

Acknowledging Who You Are and What You Bring to The Mentoring Experience

Building A Relationship With New Teachers

Creating Opportunities for Quality Conversations

Participating in On-Going Reflection

Maintaining a Professional Community of Learners

 Mentoring In ACTION? What Does that Mean?

 Part II. Month By Month Mentoring: A Guide to Quality Discussions Between Mentors and New Teachers

 

Why Do We Need a Mentoring Curriculum?

 

A Month By Month Timeline for Mentoring 
            PLAN

            CONNECT

            ACT

            REFLECT

            SET GOALS


Carol Pelletier Radford is the Program Director for a Transition to

Teaching federal grant, which is located in the Center for University, School

and Community Partnerships at the University of Massachusetts—Dartmouth.

She received her Ed.D. from Harvard University in 1996 where she focused her

studies on teacher professional development and the role of the cooperating

teacher in preparing pre-service teachers. In more than twenty years as a public

school teacher, she has received numerous teacher leadership awards, among

them the prestigious Christa McAuliffe Fellowship sponsored by the U.S.

Department of Education. She is the author of four books: Techniques and

Strategies for Coaching Student Teachers, Strategies for Successful Student

Teaching, Touch the Future: TEACH!, and Mentoring in Action:A Month-by-

Month Curriculum for Mentors and Their New Teachers. For the past thirteen

years, she has worked as the Director of Practicum Experiences and Teacher

Induction at Boston College. In her current position at the University of

Massachusetts, she teaches graduate courses for district mentors and is actively

engaged in preparing prospective math and science teachers for New Bedford

and Fall River schools.

A one-of-a-kind resource to facilitate the mentoring process!

Mentoring is one of the fastest-growing areas of teacher development. It is essential to teacher retention in an age of teacher shortages and teacher recruitment.

Mentoring in Action walks mentors and their partners through a full school year of exercises addressing everything from lesson planning to behavior management. This book outlines how to identify and discuss difficult issues as mentors work together with their beginning teachers throughout the year.

Features include:

  • A month-by-month guide for both mentors and the new teachers they guide.
  • Numerous forms and practical tips for creating mentoring meetings with both the new teacher and the student teacher.
  • Classroom management and discipline ideas for beginning teachers.

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