Mentors in the making : developing new leaders for new teachers /
edited by Betty Achinstein and Steven Z. Athanases ; foreword by Ellen Moir.
- New York : Teachers College Press, c2006.
- xi, 196 p. ; 24 cm.
- The series on school reform .
- Series on school reform. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Mentors' knowledge of formative assessment : guiding new teachers to look closely at individual students / Mentors' knowledge of equity and diversity : maintaining a bifocal perspective on new teachers and their students / Making equity explicit : a professional development model for new teacher mentors / What's in a conversation? : mentoring stances in coaching conferences and how they matter / Adopt, adapt, invent : induction leaders designing mentor curriculum / The exploration leadership program in science education : inquiry into discipline-specific teacher induction / Curriculum to support mentor development : lessons from field-tested practices / Confronting the challenging working conditions of new teachers : what mentors and induction programs can do / Mentors' organizational and politically literacy in negotiating induction contexts / Mentors as induction leaders : solving organizational challenges to develop effective mentor programs / Designing mentoring programs to transform school cultures / Steven Z. Athanases, Betty Achinstein -- Betty Achinstein, Steven Z. Athanases -- Enid Lee -- Lori Helman -- Steven Z. Athanases ... [et al.] -- Linda Shore, Laura Stokes -- Barbara Davis -- Wendy Baron -- Betty Achinstein -- Steven Z. Athanses ... [et al.] -- Janet Gless.
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, they explore effective mentoring in diverse educational contexts. 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.