Mentoring Beginning Teachers, Second Edition: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching

✍ Scribed by Donna Niday, Jean Boreen, Joe Potts, Mary K. Johnson

• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 207
• Edition: Second
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Mentoring Beginning Teachers, Second Edition: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching КНИГИ ;НАУКА и УЧЕБА Автор:неизвестно Название:Mentoring Beginning Teachers, Second Edition: Guiding, Reflecting, CoachingИздательство:Stenhouse PublishersГод:2009Формат:PDFРазмер:1,9 MBДля сайта: www.mirknig.comThe first edition of Mentoring Beginning Teachers was named an Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association’s Choice magazine in 2000. The expanded second edition—packed with insights, anecdotes, and updated research—provides mentors with a road map for helping new teachers become confident, reflective educators. The collaborative model outlined in the book is enlightening and rewarding for the mentor and the novice alike. The authors have incorporated the latest findings on all aspects of mentoring—from preparing to be a mentoring guide or coach to school culture and parent outreach. Teachers will find five new chapters on working with ELL students, working with parents, curriculum mapping, school culture, and the role of administrators within an effective mentoring system. Organized around a series of questions, the book allows mentors to quickly locate practical advice to match any mentoring situation. The range of resources includes: recommendations for pairing mentors and teachers, questions to jump-start conversations, ideas for teacher reflection, and answers to the most commonly asked mentor questions. Mentoring Beginning Teachers, Second Edition provides a comprehensive and tested plan for helping mentors guide new teachers in moving beyond the basics of plan/teach/evaluate to a higher level of joint assessment and inquiry.скачать 0

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 14
1 Why Do I Want to Be Part of a Mentoring Experience?......Page 16
The Need for Mentoring......Page 20
An Overview of Mentoring......Page 23
Mentoring Benefits......Page 25
Mentoring Recommendations......Page 26
Mentoring Tensions......Page 29
Working with Team Mentors......Page 33
Working with the University Supervisor......Page 35
Working with School Administrators......Page 36
Summary......Page 38
3 How Do I Prepare to Be a Mentoring Guide?......Page 40
Welcoming the Beginning Teacher......Page 41
Providing Freedom to Experiment......Page 47
Summary......Page 50
4 How Do I Prepare to Be a Mentoring Coach?......Page 52
Thinking Like a Mentoring Coach......Page 53
Becoming a Reflective Dialogue Coach......Page 55
Summary......Page 69
5 How Do I Encourage Reflection?......Page 70
Why Reflection?......Page 71
Activities That Promote Reflection......Page 74
Reflection Promotes Professionalism......Page 85
Summary......Page 86
6 How Do I Help with Classroom Management Challenges?......Page 88
Problems and Challenges......Page 89
Principles of Management......Page 91
Summary......Page 98
7 How Do I Encourage Teachers Who Work with English Language Learners?......Page 100
Teacher Stories......Page 101
What Mentors Should Know About English Language Teaching......Page 104
Questions Encountered by ELL Mentors......Page 108
Summary......Page 112
8 How Do I Help Integrate Beginning Teachers into the School Culture?......Page 114
Self-Assessing the School Culture......Page 115
Respecting the Beginning Teacher’s Perspective......Page 116
Introducing the Faculty and Staff......Page 118
Modeling Respect for Administrators......Page 120
Explaining School Norms and Traditions......Page 121
Summary......Page 122
9 How Do I Promote Effective Relationships with Parents/Guardians?......Page 124
Initial Interactions......Page 126
Open Houses and Parent/Teacher Conferences......Page 127
Unexpected Conferences......Page 131
Technology Aids......Page 134
Summary......Page 136
10 How Do I Provide Mentoring Opportunities During Curriculum Mapping?......Page 138
What Is Curriculum Mapping?......Page 139
Mentoring Using Horizontal Curriculum Mapping......Page 140
Summary......Page 145
11 How Should Mentors Communicate with Administrators?......Page 146
Roles and Boundaries......Page 147
Communication with Established Guidelines......Page 148
Support and Evaluation for Mentors......Page 152
Summary......Page 156
12 How Do I Encourage Professional Development?......Page 158
Individual Professional Development Plan......Page 159
Professional Development Pathways......Page 163
The Professional Development Portfolio......Page 169
Summary......Page 170
13 "What If?” Questions from Mentors......Page 172
Questions for Any Mentoring Situation......Page 173
Mentoring the Student Teacher......Page 175
Mentoring the Beginning Teacher......Page 187
Appendix......Page 190
Resources for Teachers......Page 192
References......Page 202

✦ Subjects

Педагогика;Профессиональное образование;