The Single Best Thing [microform] : Mentoring Beginning Teachers. A Manual for Program Designers and Participants / Alan Zetler and Lee Spuhler
- Bib ID:
- 5610962
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Zetler, Alan
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED413311
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- [S.l.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1997
- 90 p.
- Summary:
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This self-help manual provides information to districts and schools wishing to investigate or implement a beginning teacher mentoring support program. The manual describes one model of mentoring, the Beginning Teacher Support Program, that was researched in Montana schools from 1992-1995. Chapter 1 introduces the purpose and organization of the manual. Chapter 2 discusses essential components of mentoring, such as staff/community involvement, board approval, administrative support, and program evaluation. Chapter 3 highlights administrator issues, including staff/community involvement, school board validation, program administration, new teacher involvement, ongoing responsibilities, and program evaluation. Chapter 4 explains the mentor's role, discussing how mentors are selected, length of their involvement, incentives to participate, communication skills, mentor qualities, reflective questioning, and mentor-mentee interaction. Chapter 5 discusses the beginning teacher mentee, noting the benefits of context knowledge, other mentoring benefits, and the formalized mentor-mentee relationship. The seven appendixes offer: (1) references; (2) a list of available handbooks, guides, and reports; (3) sample administrative letters; (4) questions to facilitate reflective thinking; (5) a checklist for starting the school year; (6) a list of participants in the Montana Beginning Teacher Support Program; and (7) address list for the program Steering Committee. (SM)
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- Availability: Montana Certification Standards and Practices Advisory Council, 2500 Broadway, Helena, MT 59620; phone: 406-444-6576.
- ERIC Note: Prepared for the Montana Certification Standards and Practices Advisory Council.
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- Publication date:
- 1997
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