2nd Edition
Coaching and Mentoring First-Year and Student Teachers
Features over 60 step-by-step procedures, checklists, and planning guides for supervisors, mentors, and all those engaged in in-service teacher training. NEW to this edition
- updated coverage of standards
- assessment
- analyzing student work
- cognitive coaching
- and more...
2 From Master Teacher To Masterful Mentor
3 Assessing Your Coaching And Mentoring Aptitude
4 Sizing Up The Situation
Competency Training Modules
Competency 1: Understanding The Coaching And Mentoring Role
Competency 2: Promoting Collaborative Learning
Competency 3: Nurturing The Novice: Activate Cognitive Coaching
Competency 4: Developing Your Performance-Coaching Skills
Competency 5: Modeling And Coaching Effective Teaching Standards
Competency 6: Modeling And Coaching Effective Classroom Management Standards
Competency 7: Displaying Sensitivity To Individual Differences Among Learners
Competency 8: Willingness To Assume A Redefined Professional Role
Appendix A: Internship Evaluation Form
Appendix B: Mentor Teacher Preference Checklist
Appendix C: Mentoring Agenda For Cooperating Teachers
Appendix D: Agenda For First-Year Teacher Mentors
Appendix E: First-Year Teacher Checklist And Reminders
Appendix F: Criteria For Unit Plan Evaluation
Appendix G: Lesson Plan Template
Appendix H: Classroom Management Plan Template
Appendix I: Daily Reflection Guide
Biography
India J. Podsen, a former teacher and middle school administrator, is Professor of Middle/Secondary Education and Coordinator of the Education Specialist Program in Teacher Leadership and the Educational Leadership Endorsement at North Georgia College and State University. Both programs were awarded national recognition by the Educational Leaders Constituent Council (ELCC) in 2005. Formerly, the director of the Principals Center at Georgia State University, she is the author of numerous articles and books. Dr. Podsen has collaborated with schools to design effective teacher induction and mentoring programs.
Vicki M. Denmark, a former classroom teacher, middle school principal, and university professor, currently serves as an Area Superintendent with the Fulton County School system in Atlanta, Georgia. She has served on the Executive Board for the Georgia Middle Schools Association and was the president of the organization for two years. Currently, she serves on the Executive Board for the Georgia Lighthouse Schools to Watch program and as the Southern Regional Trustee for the National Middle School Association. She continues to teach as an adjunct professor in the area of Educational Policy Studies and works closely with the schools on mentoring and supervising first year teachers and administrators.
