Mentoring Teachers

<p><em>Mentoring Teachers</em> provides practical guidance for teacher mentors directly addressing common queries and concerns they may have while acting as a mentor within a diverse range of educational contexts. Drawing upon the author’s 30 years of conducting research on mentoring and working with both experienced and new mentors this essential book provides a detailed picture of the mentoring role. </p><p>Dividing the mentor role into five key aspects (Support Acculturator Model Sponsor and Educator) this important resource provides step-by-step descriptions of managing mentorials in ways which:</p><ul> <li>support the mentor in scaffolding a mentee’s thinking so that they can make their own informed judgements and decisions about teaching</li> <li>develop the mentee’s noticing skills for responsive adaptive teaching</li> <li>guide the mentee towards recognising the relevance of others’ ideas or ‘theories’ to their own practice and experience</li> <li>leave the mentee with practical ideas and plans for teaching and developing their teaching skills and</li> <li>scaffold the mentee’s learning of Systematic Informed Reflective Practice (SIRP) to support their ongoing learning and development by themselves</li> </ul><p>Mentoring can if effective contribute to mentees’ learning wellbeing and retention in the profession. <i>Mentoring Teachers </i>describes effective mentoring practice and is a crucial read for any mentor aspiring mentor or mentor programme co-ordinator.</p>