Mentors in the Making: Developing New Leaders for New Teachers

by Betty Achinstein (Editor), Steven Z. Athanases (Editor), Ellen R. Moir (Foreword by)

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. Challenging conventional wisdom, this essential resource:

Argues that mentors are not born, but developed through conscious, deliberate, ongoing learning. Provides a needed link between research and practice in the field of new teacher mentoring, to define a knowledge base for effective mentoring. Documents induction and mentoring practices that focus new teachers on individual learners, equity-oriented curriculum and pedagogy, and the educator's role in reforming school culture. Highlights problems and complexities of enacting mentor knowledge and learning in diverse contexts

208 pages, Paperback

First published November 22, 2005

Reviews

[David Orphal · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really wanted to like this book. I really, really did. I am a mentor teacher and I wanted to enrich my understanding of my role in the induction of the next generation of teachers.

What I found was a combination of information I already knew and writing so dry, I struggled to stay focused.

I'm glad I bought this used.

[CEHD at the U of M]

Lori A. Helman, contributor.