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What Others Say... "Mentoring another person can be a daunting task, but supporting a new teacher can be as easy as offering a sympathetic ear to listen and a word of advice when needed. The key to being a successful mentor is to take everything step by step...." To read more follow the link for "Tips - Guidelines for Mentors."
"Tips - Guidelines for Mentors." Inspiring
Teachers. Web. 1 Dec. 2009.
<http://www.inspiringteachers.com/classroom_resources/tips/mentoring/
guidelines_for_mentors.html>. "Many of us can remember how important good mentors were to our early professional development as teachers.... Research also indicates that effective mentoring reduces new teacher attrition by one-half or more (Odell, 1992)." Continue reading the review by Michele Jacobsen, University of Calgary of Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding, Reflecting, Coaching by J. Boreen, M. K. Johnson, D. Niday,& J. Potts. http://edrev.asu.edu/reviews/rev230.htm This article takes a look at the concerns of the first-year teachers and attempts to help stem the loss of new teachers from the profession. The author proposes recommendations for administrators as well as for teacher colleagues who may serve as mentors. Without the key supports of the principal and fellow teachers, a novice teacher’s first year can go rapidly from good to bad to ugly. These novice teacher stories are shared along with recommendations for supporting novice teachers in today’s schools. http://dothan.troy.edu/ed/rdavis/PDF files/The Profession that Eats Its Young.pdf Lessons from Mentors in Cross-Grade and Cross-Subject Settings by Barry Sweeny Barry Sweeny tackles a difficult mentoring situation with a new mindset and offers a creative approach as a solution to the problem. He challenges the reader to take a different view and that leads the reader to “think outside the box” in creating solutions. http://www.mentors.net/03library/crossgr_subj.html Better Mentoring, Better Teachers “When mentors are well-selected, well-trained, and given the time to work intensively with new teachers, they not only help average teachers become good, but good teachers become great.” Read more to find three factors that help ensure successful programs for mentors and new teachers. http://www.edweek.org/archive/ew/articles/2010/03/23/27barlin.html Guidelines for Mentors Have you checked your mentor skills and strategies lately? Here is a quick guideline for mentors that can be useful as a reminder of good ways to work with the novice teacher as we are nearing the end of one year and preparing for the next. The guidelines provide a point of reflection on just how well things have been going and a direction for self-improvement in the coming year. http://www.inspiringteachers.com/classroom_resources/tips/mentoring/guidelines_for_mentors.html June: Surviving the Last Days of School Grades are finished, but students still are in school. What can teachers do to keep everyone from going crazy? Fun, ungraded projects can be the answer. Help your novice teacher to survive the last days of school with ideas that will keep students engaged in interesting activities. http://middle-school-lesson-plans.suite101.com/article.cfm/surviving-the-last-days-of-school The Good Mentor As formal mentoring programs gain popularity, the need for identifying and preparing good mentors grows. This article explains some of the qualities that a good mentor should possess. http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may99/vol56/num08/The-Good-Mentor.aspx
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