| Mentoring
Resources Each mentoring relationship is different, but there are some common ingredients that can help you receive the most from your mentoring experience. Check out the following links for additional resources to improve your practice, whether you are a mentor or a mentee. Mentoring programs and Web sites Books on Mentoring Articles on Mentoring |
NEA Foundation Resources on creating a teacher mentoring program. The Mentoring Leadership and Resource Network Articles and discussions on teacher mentoring. Teacher Mentoring Programs Ideas on how administrators, teachers, and policy makers can help new teachers succeed. Education World Resources on teacher mentoring. Education Commission of the States Articles include “The Impact of Mentoring on Teacher Retention: What the Research Says” and “Beginning Teacher Mentoring Programs.” Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment A variety of resources on beginning teachers and induction. New Imperatives for Teacher Preparation Education Commission of the States’ paper on effective teacher preparation. New Ways to Improve Teaching Quality Department of Education’s promising practices. Teacher Quality Exemplary Practices Department of Education’s summary of 36 models of exemplary teaching practices. Designing Support for Beginning Teachers WestEd article on preventing teachers from dropping out of the profession. National Center for Research on Teacher Learning Research reports on studies about teacher education. Comprehensive Teacher Induction: Systems for Early Career Learning by Edward D. Britton, Lynn Paine, David Pimm, and Senta A. Raizen A Better Beginning: Supporting and Mentoring New Teachers Mentoring: Developing Successful New Teachers Mentoring Programs for New Teachers: Models of Induction and Support “Keeping Good Teachers: Why It Matters, What Leaders Can
Do” “Helping Novices Learn to Teach: Lessons from an Exemplary
Support Teacher” “What New Teachers Need to Learn” “Mentoring New Teachers” “Mentoring in the New Millenium” “What Matters Most: Teaching for America’s Future” “Teacher Team Develops a District Mentoring Program” “Designing a Mentoring Program” “Mentoring Beginning Teachers: The Case for Mentoring” |


