The 21st Century Mentor's Handbook: Creating a Culture for Learning

by Paula Rutherford

This mentor's handbook, field tested by hundreds of mentors, provides a multitude of resources to help mentors promote the success and professional growth of new teachers. Resources included + New teacher tools including needs assessments, self-assessments, and goal setting and reflection formats
+ Tools for peer observation and data-driven discussions
+ Mentoring calendar
+ Mentor responses to challenges and concerns of new teachers
+Cross-references the highly acclaimed new teacher resource Why Didn't I
Learn This in College?
CD ROM of tools

Genres: Education, Professional Development

374 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005

Reviews

[Julie Suzanne · Rating 1 out of 5]

I loathed this book. Everything about it. And I had to read almost the whole stinkin' thing. It succeeded in making me reconsider participating in the mentor program.

Specifics? The format of the book is an assault on your eyes--headache-inducing, paper-wasting, repetetive cluttered lists of everything possibly to say on a topic. Overwhelming in content. The trivial and the essential are all blended together so that you can't focus on what's important--you just swim in words in this book.

Anyway, that's that. I had a great course designed and facilitated by a wonderful instructor, but this was a major source of content delivery and I just.....wish there were a better book. Someone....please make a better resource.

P.S. Almost every page of this book will refer you to another book called "Why didn't I learn this in College?" so you better purchase that, too.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

I only had to read a portion of this book, but I also perused most of this book, which includes many forms and helpful information for mentors.

[Melissa Riggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of good information here for mentoring not only brand-new teachers, but also 2nd career and new to the district teachers. Even the mentor could gain information. Lots of forms and a cd is included.

"The 21st Century Mentor's Handbook is cross-referenced to Why Didn't I Learn This in College? and Instruction for All Students. Mentors find it an indispensable tool in planning their interactions with new teachers. This handbook provides a multitude of resources including a mentoring calendar, needs assessments, tools for goal setting and reflection, instructional design templates, guidelines for observation and coaching, and field tested ways to deal with the potential problems of novice teachers. A CD-ROM of templates is included"

[Tess Votto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good and useful forms and ideas. Very dependent on _Why Didn't I Learn this in College?_ book for 1st/2nd year teachers. You won't totally understand if you don't have both books. This book assumes you have the other book and tells you to refer to pages in it. My district gave mentor, master teachers this book, and the other to mentee teachers. That was a failure in good planning unless both teachers understand before the year starts and work in collaborative book studies into their meetings during the year. Still an excellent resource.

[Edie K Warren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome tool for mentoring new teachers, or student teachers. Wonderful resources to build communication during the mentor meetings.