Books

Powerful Partnerships: A Handbook for Principals Mentoring Assistant Principals

Assistant principals represent the next generation of school principals, so it is critical that schools and districts address the professional development of these key administrators. In this essential resource the authors demonstrate how principals and assistant principals can use their collaborative relationships to prepare assistant principals for future leadership roles. More info and purchase online

Effective Teacher Induction and Mentoring: Assessing the Evidence

A comprehensive, up-to-date review of all recent research on the effectiveness of mentoring and induction support for new teachers, this new publication provides an extensive analysis of teacher induction programs and their consequences for education, teacher quality, teacher effectiveness, and teacher development. More info and purchase online

New Teacher Mentoring
Hopes and Promise for Improving Teacher Effectiveness

Teacher quality is the single most important lever schools have for raising student achievement. Yet in many school districts—particularly those in urban settings—as many as half of the teachers may have less than five years’ experience. By supporting new teachers, increasing their effectiveness, and reducing turnover, school districts can give the children most in need of high-quality teaching a real chance at success. More info and purchase online

Keys to the Secondary Classroom

Preparing adolescent students for today’s increasing demands requires commitment, organization, subject matter knowledge, and passion. But with the right strategies and tools, first-year secondary school teachers can approach this challenge with greater confidence and ease. More info and purchase online

Analysis of Student Work

The Analysis of Student Work tool guides the mentor and new teacher through the process of analyzing student work samples, understanding specific learning needs and then identifying teaching strategies that will help differentiate instruction. More info and purchase online

Blended Coaching

This book, based on over 15 years of research, theory, and fieldwork at the renowned New Teacher Center, provides skills and strategies for coaching explicitly tied to the needs of principals and school leaders. More info and purchase online.

Collaborative Assessment Log

The Collaborative Assessment Log provides a framework for ongoing conversations between the mentor and the beginning teacher. More info and purchase online.

Continuum of Teacher Development and Using the Continuum

The Continuum describes teaching practice and professional development throughout a teacher’s career. It is aligned with professional teaching standards and is organized to describe five levels of development. More info and purchase online

Preservice Continuum of Teacher Development

Based on the New Teacher Center Continuum of Teacher Development, the Preservice Continuum includes descriptions of professional knowledge acquisition and skill development during student teaching/internship. The document is intended to be a component of a formative assessment system that supports the first stages of professional growth - especially those stages that move from awareness of pedagogy to initial classroom teaching experience.
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Induction Reader

This annual publication includes a selection of such articles on issues related to new teacher and new administrator development, mentoring and professional development. More info and purchase online

Keys to the Elementary Classroom

By Carrol Moran, Judy Stobbe, Wendy Baron, Janette Miller, Ellen Moir
June 2000

With strategies that can be adapted across grade levels, ways to develop relationships with students’ families, and resources for professional development, Keys to the Elementary Classroom, Third Edition, will help you get a positive start to the school year and a rewarding career. More info and purchase online

Mentors in the Making

With richly contextualized and thoughtfully analyzed excerpts from actual mentoring conversations and powerful examples of practice, this volume offers educators, researchers, and policymakers a reform-minded vision of the future of mentoring. More info and purchase online

PAR Reader

The PAR Reader includes 26 articles and appendices written by academics, practitioners, principals, teachers, consulting teachers, and superintendents with expertise and experience in PAR programs. More info and purchase online

Professional Development for Mentors

This book, based on over 15 years of research, theory, and fieldwork at the renowned New Teacher Center, provides skills and strategies for coaching explicitly tied to the needs of principals and school leaders. More info and purchase online