The First Year Matters: Being Mentored.....in Action
A one-of-a-kind resource to guide new teachers through the mentoring process! The First Year Matters: Being Mentored…In Action,by Carol Pelletier Radford,provides new teachers with a practical guide to use throughout their mentoring experience as well as for self-reflection.  Many new teachers become overwhelmed in their first year of teaching and are so busy trying to meet all of the criteria of the assessments-based curriculum that the most obvious skills can be overlooked for discussion with their mentor.  Often the mentor and the teacher spend their meetings discussing one student or situation.  This book provides a month-by-month outline of the school year for new teachers so curriculum-based topics can be discussed in a more systematic way. The author encourages the new teacher to become a listener and filter all of the information coming at them as a new teacher.  They can’t do everything!  This book will help them use the mentoring process as a way to get the most out of their first year of teaching without getting discouraged.  Practical Tools for Novice Teachers:Month-by-month guide for new teachers.Numerous forms and practical tips to create effective mentoring meetings for both the first-year teacher and the student teacher.Outlines how new teachers can identify and discuss difficult issues with their mentor throughout the year.Effective classroom management and discipline ideas for beginning teachers.Lists all the INTASC Principles for quick reference to the professional standards teachers are now held accountable to.The completed guide serves as:A prompt for deeper reflections and a convenient place to record those professional reflections.A record of the first year of teaching and a road map for the next year.Documentation of their activities for professional licensing purposes. Carol Pelletier Radford is currently a Program Director in the Center for University, School, and Community Partnerships at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.. Look for other books by this author:Mentoring in Action: A Month-by-Month Curriculum for Mentors and Their New Teachers. ISBN-10: 0-205-43898-9; ISBN-13: 978-0-205-43898-3Strategies for Successful Student Teaching: A Comprehensive Guide, Second EditionISBN-10: 0-205-39682-8; ISBN-13: 978-0-205-39682-5