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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Why Do I Want to Be Part of a Mentoring Experience? | |
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| Why Do We Need Mentors? | |
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| The Need for Mentoring | |
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| An Overview of Mentoring | |
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| Mentoring Benefits | |
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| Mentoring Recommendations | |
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| Mentoring Tensions | |
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| Working with Team Mentors | |
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| Working with the University Supervisor | |
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| Working with School Administrators | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Do I Prepare to Be a Mentoring Guide? | |
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| Welcoming the Beginning Teacher | |
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| Providing Freedom to Experiment | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Do I Prepare to Be a Mentoring Coach? | |
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| Thinking Like a Mentoring Coach | |
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| Becoming a Reflective Dialogue Coach | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Do I Encourage Reflection? | |
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| Why Reflection? | |
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| Activities That Promote Reflection | |
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| Reflection Promotes Professionalism | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Do I Help with Classroom Management Challenges? | |
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| Problems and Challenges | |
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| Principles of Management | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Do I Encourage Teachers Who Work with English Language Learners? | |
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| Teacher Stories | |
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| What Mentors Should Know About English Language Teaching | |
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| Questions Encountered by ELL Mentors | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Do I Help Integrate Beginning Teachers into the School Culture? | |
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| Self-Assessing the School Culture | |
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| Respecting the Beginning Teacher's Perspective | |
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| Introducing the Faculty and Staff | |
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| Modeling Respect for Administrators | |
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| Explaining School Norms and Traditions | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Do I Promote Effective Relationships with Parents/Guardians? | |
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| Initial Interactions | |
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| Open Houses and Parent/Teacher Conferences | |
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| Unexpected Conferences | |
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| Technology Aids | |
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| Communication Logs and Documentation | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Do I Provide Mentoring Opportunities During Curriculum Mapping? | |
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| What Is Curriculum Mapping? | |
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| Mentoring Using Horizontal Curriculum Mapping | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Should Mentors Communicate with Administrators? | |
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| Roles and Boundaries | |
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| Communication with Established Guidelines | |
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| Support and Evaluation for Mentors | |
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| Summary | |
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| How Do I Encourage Professional Development? | |
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| Individual Professional Development Plan | |
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| Professional Development Pathways | |
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| The Professional Development Portfolio | |
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| Summary | |
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| "What If?" Questions from Mentors | |
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| Questions for Any Mentoring Situations | |
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| Mentoring the Student Teacher | |
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| Mentoring the Beginning Teacher | |
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| Appendix | |
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| Resources for Teachers | |
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| References | |