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Informationen zum Autor Ann Lieberman is a senior scholar at Stanford University. She was a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, and she is an emeritus professor from Teachers College, Columbia University. Susan Hanson is a senior researcher at the New Teacher Center (NTC). Janet Gless is the chief programs and partnerships officer at NTC. New Teacher Center is dedicated to improving student learning by accelerating the effectiveness of new teachers and school leaders. NTC has served over 50,000 teachers and 7,000 mentors, touching millions of students across the country through comprehensive mentoring and professional development programs. Klappentext Drawing from the more than twenty years of experience of the New Teacher Center, Mentoring Teachers illuminates the subtleties and struggles of becoming an excellent and effective mentor. Step-by-step, the book outlines how people develop and grow as mentors, and the authors share the following five "tensions" as the key areas of focus: Tension 1: Building a New Identity Tension 2: Developing Trusting Relationships Tension 3: Accelerating Teacher Development Tension 4: Mentoring in Challenging Contexts Tension 5: Learning Leadership Skills Praise for Mentoring Teachers "The authors deeply understand what it means to be a mentor in all its complexity. Written with compassion and insight, they face the tough issues." --Jon Saphier, founder, Research for Better Teaching, Inc.; author, The Skillful Teacher "A compelling view of what it means to teach and help others learn to do so. This book should be read not only by teachers and mentors but also by administrators, policy makers, and legislators." --Anna E. Richert, professor, Mills School of Education; director, Mills Teacher Scholars Zusammenfassung A useful guide for teacher mentors as they face new and difficult challenges in their work New teachers often struggle to apply their knowledge in real-world settings! and the idea of mentoring these teachers during their first years in the classroom has captured the imagination of schools all over the world. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART TWO ¿ STORIES OF MENTORING STORY ONE: TheWaiting Place 65 Leslie Baldacci STORY TWO: Fired, Hired, and Inspired 81 Kathleen Aldred STORY THREE: Finding a Way 105 Mary Eldred STORY FOUR: Savior, Friend, Mentor 121 Frank Pantano Conclusion: What Can We Learn? 141 Appendix: Mentor Prompts 147 Index 155 ...
