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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.