Mentoring Teachers in Post-Compulsory Education

<p>The post-compulsory sector is complex and multifaceted with highly diverse and sometimes challenging learner groups and subject to change from almost unending shifts in educational policy. Effective mentoring has a crucial role in the initial training of new teachers in the post-compulsory sector offering them the guidance and practical support they need to respond to these challenges. </p><p>Now in its second edtion <em>Mentoring Teachers in Post Compulsory Education</em> has been updated with current research and technological advances. Describing all of the expectations responsibilities and rewards involved in mentoring the book covers:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>What to expect as a mentor and what your mentee expects of you</li> <p> </p> <li>The skills attributes and functions that make an effective mentor</li> <p> </p> <li>Organising and conducting observations</li> <p> </p> <li>Perspectives on professional learning</li> <p> </p> <li>What to do when things go wrong.</li> </ul><p>Accessible practical and supportive this book will help make mentoring an easier more enjoyable and rewarding experience for all new mentors in the post-compulsory sector.</p>