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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479955303321

Autore

Sweeny Barry W.

Titolo

Leading the teacher induction and mentoring program / / Barry W. Sweeny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press

[Reston, Virginia] : , : National Association of Secondary School Prinicipals, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

1-4522-9380-5

1-4522-9720-7

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

371.102

Soggetti

Teacher orientation - United States

Mentoring in education - United States

First year teachers - Supervision of - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Joint Publication National Association of Secondary School Prinicipals."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction""; ""Mentoring Questions Leaders Want Answered""; ""Defining Mentoring, Induction, and Peer Coaching""; ""The Increasing Importance of Mentoring and Induction""; ""The Compelling Rationale for Mentoring and Induction""; ""Chapter 1 - Getting off to the Right Start""; ""Differences Make All the Difference""; ""Critical Distinctions""; ""Effective at What? Treat Individuals Individually""; ""What Recent Research Says Happens in Mentoring""

""Using a Model of Teacher Development to Guide Program and Practice""""The Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM)""; ""The Concept for Each CBAM Stage of Concern""; ""Assessing and Using Data on New Teacher Needs""; ""The Needs Assessment Process""; ""Three Concepts Essential for Program Success""; ""The Big Picture: The High Impact Program Components""; ""Are all of These Program Pieces Really



Needed?""; ""Chapter 2 - The Program Design Process""; ""Design from the Destination""; ""Start with the Students""; ""Defining the Kind of Teaching Needed to Increase Student Success""

""Defining the Kind of Mentoring Needed for Teacher and Student Success""""Defining a Training to Increase Mentor, Teacher, and Student Success""; ""Leadership and Program Structures to Increase Mentor, Teacher, and Student Success""; ""The Sequence for Creating a Successful Program""; ""The First Step: Establish a Program Leadership Group""; ""The Next Step: Identify a Program Coordinator""; ""Roles of the Program Coordinator""; ""Deciding the Sequence for Implementing Program Components""; ""Approaches to Implementing the Program""; ""What if You Already Have a Program Started?""

""Working Toward the Ideal Induction Program Model""

Sommario/riassunto

Use these step-by-step strategies to develop and implement a proven program that links to districtwide goals and results in highly qualified teachers and increased student achievement.