Mentoring in schools : a handbook of good practice / Sarah Fletcher.
By: Fletcher, Sarah [author]
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BookPublisher: Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge, 2000Description: xii, 257 pages ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0749431830 (paperback).Subject(s): Student teachers -- Supervision of -- Great Britain | Mentoring in education -- Great BritainDDC classification: 370.733 Summary: "This wide-ranging handbook is written for experienced and novice mentors alike. It provides an essential, up-to-date guide to the values, skills and understanding that are vital to enhancing the quality of mentoring in teacher education. Focussing on mentoring pre-service and newly qualified teachers, it covers subjects including: the basics of good mentoring; how to develop your mentoring; mentoring in the school context; and developing competence through mentoring." "Mentoring in Schools is practical, accessible and firmly rooted in the realities of teaching today. It is supported throughout by case studies and real-life examples of a wide range of teachers and mentors. It addresses the needs of mentors and trainee teachers to satisfy the requirements of the current TTA standards for qualified teacher status. It also provides practical support for mentors undertaking research in their schools to develop and improve their mentoring skills." -- Back cover.
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Mentoring is a compulsory teaching requirement. This volume provides a practical and up-to-date mentoring guide for all practising mentors working in schools at primary and secondary levels, as well as those responsible for initial teacher training.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This wide-ranging handbook is written for experienced and novice mentors alike. It provides an essential, up-to-date guide to the values, skills and understanding that are vital to enhancing the quality of mentoring in teacher education. Focussing on mentoring pre-service and newly qualified teachers, it covers subjects including: the basics of good mentoring; how to develop your mentoring; mentoring in the school context; and developing competence through mentoring." "Mentoring in Schools is practical, accessible and firmly rooted in the realities of teaching today. It is supported throughout by case studies and real-life examples of a wide range of teachers and mentors. It addresses the needs of mentors and trainee teachers to satisfy the requirements of the current TTA standards for qualified teacher status. It also provides practical support for mentors undertaking research in their schools to develop and improve their mentoring skills." -- Back cover.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- What mentoring is and isn't
- developing teaching skills
- observing your mentee - how to focus observations
- giving feedback
- planning lessons
- collaborative teaching with your mentee
- developing a departmental approach to mentoring
- developing a whole school approach to mentoring
- form tutor mentoring
- appraisal using government standards
- standards for QTS (qualified teacher status)
- working with NQTs
- stimulating refelctive practice
- mentoring for your own professional development
- making the most of partnership
- making the most of a consortium