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Experienced teachers and administrators know how important it is to give beginning teachers the support and advice they need. This incredibly straightforward and useful guide will help mentor teachers to develop effective mentoring strategies, including how to provide direct assistance, demonstration teaching, observation and feedback, informal contact, and role modelling. You’ll also find monthly listings of activities designed to promote interaction between mentors and protgs that correspond to activities and events occurring in a typical school year. Five additional resources, including a first-day checklist, provide valuable information and tools to help you mentor the beginning teacher. Headteachers, staff developers, university supervisors, beginning and experienced teachers will all find this book a useful tool to understanding the complex yet invaluable process of guidance, assistance, and support needed to help beginning teachers succeed. Kathleen Feeney Jonson is currently professor and director of the Master of Arts in the Teaching Reading program in the Teacher Education Department of the University of San Francisco. As the oldest of nine children, she says she was born to teach and mentor. In her 37 years as an educator, she has taught at the elementary and secondary levels and has served as a reading specialist, director of staff development, principal, and director of curriculum and instruction. She has conducted numerous workshops for teachers and administrators on such topics as integrating the curriculum, reading comprehension strategies, the writing process, portfolio assessment, peer coaching, and beginning teacher assistance programs. She has developed numerous curriculum guides, training syllabi, and program materials for educators and parents. Her professional experience includes teaching university courses in elementary and secondary curriculum and instruction, as well as serving as field coordinator working with student teachers, teacher-mentors, and university supervisors. She has published three books with Corwin Press, including 60 Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension in Grades K-8 (2006), The New Elementary Teacher’s Handbook, 2nd ed. (2001), and Being an Effective Mentor: How to Help Beginning Teachers Succeed, 1st ed. (2002). Preface to the Second Edition Acknowledgments About the Author Part I. Setting the Stage for the Teacher-Mentor 1. Passing the Torch 2. Set up for Success 3. Remembering the First Days 4. Beyond Survival 5. Moving Toward Professionalism Part II. Effective Strategies for the Good Mentor 6. Working as a Partner With the Adult Learner 7. Stages in Teacher Development 8. Practical Strategies for Assisting New Teachers 9. Overcoming Obstacles and Reaping the Rewards Part III. Putting It All Together Month-by-Month Mentoring Activities Year-at-a-Glance Checklist Appendix A: First-Day Checklist Appendix B: Mentor-Mentee Action Plans Appendix C: Supervisory Beliefs Inventory References Index
