Mentors in the Making

Developing New Leaders for New Teachers

“The authors present a powerful case illuminating the challenges, complexities, and promising practices of highly effective mentoring programs. This is THE reference book for anyone concerned about a vision of the possible and the real future of mentoring teachers.”
       — Ann Lieberman, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

“Mentors in the Making dispels the myth that mentoring comes naturally to experienced teachers. It details a serious knowledge base for mentor teachers and offers a powerful vision of ambitious mentoring.”
       — Sharon Feiman-Nemser, Brandeis University

In response to a growing interest in mentoring and new teacher induction, the authors offer a unique view of developing quality mentors. Drawing on empirical research, practitioner action inquiry, and field-tested practices from induction programs, the authors explore effective mentoring in diverse educational contexts

The volume highlights learning from The New Teacher Center’s Leadership Network for Teacher Induction. With richly contextualized and thoughtfully analyzed excerpts from actual mentoring conversations and powerful examples of practice, the volume offers educators, researchers, and policymakers a reform-minded vision of the future of mentoring. This essential resource:

• Documents induction and mentoring practices that focus on new teachers on individual learners, equity-orientated curriculum and pedagogy, and the educator’s role in reforming school culture.
• Provides a needed link between research and practice to define a knowledge base for effective mentoring.
• Highlights problems and complexities of enacting mentor knowledge and learning in diverse contexts.

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Betty Achinstein and Steven Z. Athanases, Editors
Teachers College Press
208 pages
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