mentoring in education

Describes using mentor texts to help students create nonfiction that inspires.

Offers mentors, administrators, and teacher educators an overview of the specific issues that impact the mentoring relationship, including age, gender, and culture in the mentoring relationship, new teachers in urban or rural school environments, teachers working with at-risk students, self-mentoring, and more.

"This . . . resource for mentors and others who support new teachers is filled with strategies, structures, and tools for offering support, creating cognitive challenge, and facilitating the professional vision of a learning-focused career. With this book, you will mentor beginners who can . . . tackle the complexities of learning to teach. You will find concrete ideas for accelerating the transition from novice to more expert practice"--Back cover.

"The idea of the learning commons ... [is] to transform the central idea of a school library stocked with resources repository into a vibrant and central component of teaching and learning in the school community ... [Introduces] the idea of the learning commons as the extension of each classroom, the cross-classroom connection, and the center of active learning that extends beyond the school ... [Includes] resources to use and strategies to build and create a ... learning community"--Pages ix-x.

Presents guidance for mentors of new teachers, explaining why mentors are needed and how to think like a coach, allow freedom to experiment, help with classroom management challenges, foster reflection, and encourage professional development.

Explains how schools can be transformed into dynamic learning communities through the implementation of mentoring, coaching, and collaboration programs for students and teachers.