A Better Beginning: Supporting and Mentoring New Teachers

A New Teacher’s World:
Not Your Grandmother’s Classroom......Page 7
About This Book......Page 10
Beyond Support: Taking New
Teachers Seriously As Learners......Page 14
Easing the Way
for New Teachers......Page 24
Induction:
The First Five Days......Page 38
First Things First: How to Set Up
An Induction Program......Page 45
The Elements of a Supportive
Induction Program......Page 51
Creating Conditions
for Teacher Success......Page 58
Mentors Matter......Page 64
Mentoring the Mentors......Page 71
Baltimore Takes Mentoring
to the Next Level......Page 80
“I Am SO Excited!”
Mentoring the Student Teacher......Page 88
How to Help a New Teacher
by Being a Buddy......Page 96
Get on the Team:
An Alternative Mentoring Model......Page 101
Combining Mentoring and
Assessment in California......Page 110
A Support Program with Heart:
The Santa Cruz Project......Page 117
How Can New Teachers
Become the BEST?......Page 127
Developing a Common Language
and Spirit......Page 135
Every Classroom, Every Day:
A Professional Development Plan......Page 144
Encouraging Innovation
in an Age of Reform......Page 156
Linguistic Coaching:
Helping Beginning Teachers
Defeat Discouragement......Page 168
The Videoconference Connection......Page 180
Resurrecting Hope: Knowing the
Facts, Imagining the Future......Page 187
Preparing to Teach
in Holistic Classrooms......Page 198
Keeping Good Teachers:
Lessons from Novices......Page 208
What Teachers Like
(and Don’t Like) About Mandated
Induction Programs......Page 213
The Best Lessons: Learning to
Teach in a Supportive Context......Page 221
Helping New Teachers
Keep the Light in Their Eyes......Page 228
Ask Not What Your School
Can Do for You,
But What You Can Do for You......Page 236
Index......Page 244
About the Editor......Page 255