Teachers Mentoring Teachers : A Practical Approach to Helping New and Experienced Staff

This Highly Interactive Guide Offers A Step-by-step Method For Planning, Implementing, And Evaluating Mentor Programs To Maximize Teacher Satisfaction And Productivity. Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Dedication -- About The Author -- Chapter 1 - Mentoring: A Welcome Teaching Assistant -- Why Start A Mentoring Program? -- Benefits To Mentors -- Benefits To Protégés -- Benefits To Districts -- Potential Problems With Mentoring -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Chapter 2 - Initial Program Development -- Planning A Program: A Typical Case -- Mentoring Planning Team: Setting The Stage -- Implementation: Putting It All Together -- Appraisal: How Did It Work? -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Chapter 3 - What Is Our Purpose? -- Decide The Target Groups -- Two Cases -- Identifying A Purpose -- Checking Your Plan -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Chapter 4 - Who Is A Mentor? -- Characteristics Of Mentors: One Case -- Characteristics Of Mentors: A Second Case -- Are Good Teachers Always Good Mentors? -- What Are Some Characteristics Of Effective Mentors? -- Danger Signals -- Responsibilities Of Mentors -- Checking Your Plan -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Chapter 5 - Preparing People To Serve As Mentors -- Domain 1: Orientation To Mentoring -- Domain 2: Effective Planning And Managing Of Instruction -- Domain 3: Human Relations Skills -- Domain 4: Mentor Process Skills -- Domain 5: Local Implementation Issues -- Checking Your Plan -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Chapter 6 - Matching Mentors And Protégés -- A Case Of A Bad Match -- Mentor Matching: Some Myths -- So What Should You Use? -- Some Additional Thoughts -- Checking Your Plan -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Chapter 7 - What Do Mentors Do? -- A Case In Point -- Additional Responsibilities Of Mentors -- Developing An Action Plan -- Checking Your Plan -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Chapter 8 - Mentoring For Beginning Teachers -- Beginning Teachers' Needs -- A Case Study -- How Could Mentoring Help? -- Summarizing The Chapter -- References -- Chapter 9 - Mentoring For Veterans. Mentoring For Veterans: Two Cases -- Mentoring For Experienced Transfers -- Mentoring For Veterans Within A System -- Checking Your Plan -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Chapter 10 - Did The Mentoring Program Work? -- Evaluation Questions -- Checking Your Plan -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Chapter 11 - Moving Beyond Starting Your Mentoring Program -- How Does Professional Development Fit? -- Reviewing Local Priorities -- What Happens After Mentoring? -- Checking Your Plan -- Summarizing The Chapter -- Appendix A: Answers To The Mentoring Background Quiz In Chapter 1 -- Appendix B: Mentor-protégé Action Planning Form -- Suggested Readings -- Index.