Mentoring

Creating a Teacher Mentoring Program

http://www.nfie.org/publications/mentoring.htm

The NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education offers advice on developing new or improving existing mentor programs. Contents include Creating the Climate, Context, and Structure for Effective Mentoring; Selecting, Training, and Supporting Mentors; and What Protégés Need from Mentors.



Teachers Network: New Teachers Online

http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/index.htm

Meet the Web Mentors, veteran teachers that guide discussions on a variety of topics. Click New Teacher Helpline or How To, and find information on classroom management, working with students' families, literacy instruction, as well as implementing standards, curriculum, and assessment.



Edutopia Online: The Big List on Mentoring

http://glef.org/php/biglist.php?id=228

Scroll down this excellent compilation of articles, including The Good Mentor; Mentoring: Recent Research Highlights; Reflections: What Constitutes a Good Mentoring Relationship; Perspectives on Mentoring; and Teachers Supporting Teachers.



Program Design: Collaboration Through Mentoring and Peer Coaching

http://www.mentors.net/03program/cover.html

This site defines mentoring and provides tips for, and characteristics of, effective mentors.



Mentoring the Mentor: A Challenge for Staff Development

http://www.nsdc.org/library/publications/jsd/janas174.cfm

Find detailed information on the challenges that schools face in implementing a mentoring program for novice teachers.