Being an Effective Mentor: How to Help Beginning Teachers Succeed [Paperback]

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Corwin Press Inc; 1 edition (May 24 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0761945490
ISBN-13: 978-0761945499
Product Dimensions: 25 x 17.6 x 1.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 408 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #790,427 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"This is the book I have been looking for to help us grow our fledgling mentorship program. Dr. Jonson has answered all our questions, from how to select and support good mentors to how to evaluate the program's effectiveness. Her book is filled with sound research-based ideas that we can--and will--implement tomorrow!" -- Kathryn Carlson, Assistant Superintendent "Dr. Jonson's book provides practical ideas for every mentor of new teachers. She gives concrete examples of how, when, and what to do to ensure that new teachers receive appropriate guidance in order to increase student achievement." -- Kristine Parker, Program Administrator, BTSA "All educators, administrators, and classrooms will benefit from reading Kathleen Jonson's excellent handbook for mentor teachers. Readable, well-organized, and thorough, it contains everything a mentor teacher needs to know to establish a successful partnership with a beginning teacher." -- Susan Gold, Year-Two Intern Supervisor

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'This is the book I have been looking for to help us in growing our fledgling mentorship programme. Kathleen Feeney Jonson has answered all our questions, from how to select and support good mentors to how to evaluate the programme's effectiveness. Her book is filled with sound research-based ideas that we can-and will-implement tomorrow!' - Kathryn Carlson, Assistant Superintendent Skaneateles Central School District, Skaneateles, New York The author has written a comprehensive book on the mentoring process for new teacher support. Thoroughly embedded in the current research, theories, and best practices of mentoring, Kathleen Feeney Jonson provides the support and knowledge that mentor teachers need to help new teachers through their critical first years and that staff developers need to build and maintain effective mentoring programmes. The book also includes case studies, first person quotes from mentees and mentors, checklists, and sample forms.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Comes from an educator and mentoring expert who identifies the skills that nurture beginning teachers, July 11 2008

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This review is from: Being an Effective Mentor: How to Help Beginning Teachers Succeed (Paperback)

Kathleen Feeney Jonson's second edition of BEING AN EFFECTIVE MENTOR: HOW TO HELP BEGINNING TEACHERS SUCCEED comes from an educator and mentoring expert who identifies the skills that nurture beginning teachers, providing techniques for mentors which use feedback, role modeling, and a combination of teacher methods and assessment options. From establishing a new career path as a mentor to revitalizing an existing one, this covers many basics and is a fine survey for any college-level education collection.

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