New teacher mentoring
Subtitle: hopes and promise for improving teacher effectiveness
By: Ellen Moir [and others]
Publisher: Harvard Education Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781934742365; 9781934742372
Subjects: In-service training; Teacher effectiveness; First year teachers; Mentoring in education
Description: In this visionary book, Ellen Moir and her colleagues at the New Teacher Center review what current research suggests - and doesn't - about the power of well-designed mentoring programs to shape teacher and student outcomes.--[book cover].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-213) and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. High-quality new teacher mentoring. What we know and don't know about mentoring and induction; title: The principles of high-quality mentoring; title: Mentor professional development; title: pt. 2. The case studies. Durham Public School; title: Boston Public Schools; title: New York City Department of Education; title: Chicago Public Schools; title: pt. 3. Conclusions and recommendations. Analyzing trends: strategies honed, questions raised, levers for change; title: Implications and recommendations for educational stakeholders.