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Teacher Mentoring and Induction

The State of the Art and Beyond

By: Hal Portner

Afterword by Dennis Sparks

Drastically reduce attrition rates and rapidly transform new teachers into experienced professionals!

In this groundbreaking work, the top names in the field of induction and mentoring examine how various mentoring and induction programs are developed, identify areas of effectiveness, and determine how successful programs can be replicated. The book includes cutting-edge strategies, best practices, and exercises to help readers apply what they've learned to their own school. Contributors include:

Tom Ganser
Mark Bower
Harry K. Wong
Ellen Moir
Jean Casey & Ann Claunch
James Rowley
Barry Sweeny
Bruce Wellman & Laura Lipton
Susan Villani
Janice Hall
Ted Britton & Lynn Paine

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Grade Level: PreK-12
ISBN: 9781412909808
Published By: Corwin
Year: 2005
Page Count: 280
Publication date: April 27, 2005

Price: $43.95

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"The material is useful not only for beginners just starting to look at mentoring, but also for those with years of experience. It is one of the best books I've read on the topic."
Carole Cooper, Director of Academic Accountability
St. Charles Community Unit School District, IL

"Ensuring that our newest colleagues are properly inducted and supported must be a top priority for all educators. Teacher Mentoring and Induction is a wonderful resource for those who care about the future of the teaching profession."
Terry Dozier, Director, Center for Teacher Leadership
Virginia Commonwealth University

"The implications for the field are presented in a user-friendly manner. The examples of induction and mentoring programs are very thoughtfully examined to provide readers with multiple ways to approach and reach success in planning and implementing programs in their local setting."
Theresa Rouse, Assessment & Program Evaluation Coordinator
Monterey County Office of Education, CA

Drastically reduce attrition rates and rapidly transform new teachers into experienced professionals!

One out of every two new teachers will quit teaching within five years; however, studies show that comprehensive induction programs can slash attrition rates in half and dramatically accelerate the professional development of new teachers.

Teacher Mentoring and Induction combines an overview of the current state of induction and mentoring with cutting-edge strategies for developing a new program or improving an existing one. In this extraordinary resource, the top names in this field examine how various mentoring and induction programs are developed, identifying areas of effectiveness to determine how successful programs can be replicated.

Contributors include:

Tom Ganser
Mark Bower
Harry K. Wong
Ellen Moir
Hal Portner
Jean Casey & Ann Claunch
James Rowley
Barry Sweeny
Bruce Wellman & Laura Lipton
Susan Villani
Janice Hall
Ted Britton & Lynn Paine
Dennis Sparks

The definitive book on teacher induction and mentoring, this groundbreaking work is divided into three parts: Part I describes the developmental processes and philosophical underpinnings of exemplary programs, Part II focuses on mentoring constructs and best practices, and Part III connects mentoring and induction to broader educational issues.

Key features

Represents an opportunity to be on the cutting edge of mentoring and induction, as far as looking toward a more formal, standards-drive uniform approach.

Complements the current list and professional development titles, as well as having legs into the higher education market.

Journals: JTE, EUS, UEQ

Author(s)

Hal Portner

Hal Portner is a former K-12 teacher and administrator. He was assistant director of the Summer Math Program for High School Women and Their Teachers at Mount Holyoke College, and for 24 years he was a teacher and then administrator in two Connecticut public school districts. From 1985 to 1995, he was a member of the Connecticut State Department of Education’s Bureau of Certification and Professional Development, where, among other responsibilities, he served as coordinator of the Connecticut Institute for Teaching and Learning and worked closely with school districts to develop and carry out professional development and teacher evaluation plans and programs. Hal developed and teaches for Western New England University a 3 credit MEd in Curriculum and Instruction online core course in Mentoring, Coaching, and professional development.

Portner writes, develops materials, trains mentors, facilitates the development of new teacher and peer-mentoring programs, and consults for school districts and other educational organizations and institutions. In addition to Mentoring New Teachers, he is the author of Training Mentors Is Not Enough: Everything Else Schools and Districts Need to Do (2001), Being Mentored: A Guide for Protégés (2002), Workshops that Really Work: The ABCs of Designing and Delivering Sensational Presentations (2005), and editor of Teacher Mentoring and Induction: The State of the Art and Beyond (2005) – all published by Corwin Press. He holds an MEd from the University of Michigan and a 6th-year Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study (CAGS) in education administration from the University of Connecticut. For three years, he was with the University of Massachusetts EdD Educational Leadership Program.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Editor

About the Contributors

Introduction

Part I: Developing and Designing Mentoring and Induction Programs

1. Learning From the Past--Building for the Future

2. Developing a District's Mentoring Plan: From Vision to Reality

3. New Teacher Induction: The Foundation for Comprehensive, Coherent, and Sustained Professional Development

4. Launching the Next Generation of Teachers: The New Teacher Center's Model for Quality Induction and Mentoring

5. Embedding Induction and Mentoring Into the School's Culture

6. The Stages of Mentor Development

7. Mentor Teachers as Instructional Coaches

8. Mentoring: A Matter of Time and Timing

9. Cultivating Learning Focused Relationships Between Mentor Pairs

Part III: Connecting Mentoring and Induction to Broader Issues

10. Mentoring Promotes Teacher Leadership

11. Promoting Quality Programs Through State-School Relationships

12. Applying Ideas From Other Countries

Afterword: The Gift That One Generation Gives the Next

Index

Reviews

"The material is useful not only for beginners just starting to look at mentoring, but also for those with years of experience. It is one of the best books I've read on the topic."

Carole Cooper, Director of Academic Accountability
St. Charles Community Unit School District, IL

"Ensuring that our newest colleagues are properly inducted and supported must be a top priority for all educators. Teacher Mentoring and Induction is a wonderful resource for those who care about the future of the teaching profession."

Terry Dozier, Director, Center for Teacher Leadership
Virginia Commonwealth University

"The implications for the field are presented in a user-friendly manner. The examples of induction and mentoring programs are very thoughtfully examined to provide readers with multiple ways to approach and reach success in planning and implementing programs in their local setting."

Theresa Rouse, Assessment & Program Evaluation Coordinator
Monterey County Office of Education, CA

"Porter and colleagues have written a text that can be practically applied in a variety of settings. The topic is very timely in today's troubled atmosphere of teacher retention versus increasing accountability. This book will appeal to a wide audience of teachers and administrators."

Mentoring & Tutoring, November 2007, Vol. 15, No. 4

"Based on the research and experience of its contributors, this book provides a solid overview of some of the critical challenges in developing and implementing effective mentoring programs. It is most useful to the readers who seek a cursory understanding of this topic and for the practitioners who may use the appended exercises to analyze their own mentoring and induction program."

Harvard Educational Review, Summer 2008

Other Titles in: Mentoring | Teacher Induction | Staff Supervision / Evaluation / Retention

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