Index- FREE Expert Information

•  The Key Questions a "High Impact" Program Must Answer

•  Program Frameworks

•  Core Principles

•  Why Mentoring is the Crucial Central Induction Program Strategy

•  The Two Types of Mentoring You Need

•  The Strategic Mentoring Culture

•  The Best Model of Professional Development - The Concerns-Based Adoption Model

Program Information:

• For Induction Programs

• About & Help for Novice Teachers

• Program Evaluation & Needs Assessments

• Mentor Roles & Tasks

• Mentor Selection and Matching

• Mentor Training

• Induction & Mentoring Program Leadership

• Selling the Benefits & Sustaining the Program

• Research on Induction and Mentoring

• Miscellaneous

Other Information:

• About & Help for Mentors

• Peer & Mentor Coaching

• Administrators & Mentoring - Induction

• Media About Mentoring and Induction

• Mentoring of Students

Information Packets from Barry that are For Sale

Information on Barry's 2008 Book from Corwin Press

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

Program Information: For Induction Programs

• Vocabulary

• Example of a 3 Year Long Program

• Example of an Orientation Program

• The Induction Program Grid - A Planning Model

• Induction & Mentoring Knowledge Base - A Summary

• Retention or Attrition? Defining and Addressing the Real Problem

Program Information: About & Help for Novice Teachers

• Assessing Novice Teachers

• Beginning Teacher Needs

• Example of Beginning Teacher Needs Assessment Results

Program Information: Program Evaluation & Needs Assessments

• A Model for Program Evaluation

• Program Evaluation Questions and Assessment Strategies

• Example of  a Mentor Needs Assessment

Program Information: Mentor Roles & Tasks

• Defining Mentoring and Coaching

• Roles and Tasks of the Mentor

• Comparing the Roles & Tasks for Mentors vs Buddies/Guides

• Example: Activity for Mentors & Principals to Identify Their Roles

• Writing and Using a Mentoring Job Description, Mentor Application and Contract

Program Information: Mentor Selection and Matching

• What Should Be the Configuration of Mentoring Support ?

• Guidelines for Selection & Matching of "Guides" or "buddies"

• An Example of Staged Mentor Selection

• Possible Mentor Selection Criteria

Program Information: Mentor Training

• What is a "Trained" Mentor?

• How to Develop a "High Impact Mentor Training"

• Example of a 3 Day "High Impact Mentor Training"

Program Information for Induction & Mentoring Program Leaders

•  The Mentor Program Coordinator's Role

•  Lessons Learned as a Mentor Program Coordinator (MoM Process details)

•  The Mentoring of Mentors (MoM) Process in a Nutshell

•  Using a Mentoring "Time and Activity Log"

•  Example - A Plan For The Mentoring Year

•  How to Use a Dialogue Journal to Increase Mentors' Effectiveness

Program Information: Selling the Benefits & Sustaining the Program

• What Are the Benefits of Mentoring?

• How to Sustain Your Program Long Term

• Two Ways Mentoring Can Improve Teacher & Student Performance

• How to Sell the Benefits to Your Organization's Leaders

Program Information: Research on Induction and Mentoring

• Research on Mentoring

• Research on Use of Support Groups

• Research on Time for Mentoring

Program Information: Miscellaneous

• 13 Ways of Providing TIME for Mentoring

• Consider the Impact of Time on Mentoring

• Finding Time for Mentoring

• Formal or Informal Mentoring Roles?

• Great Professional Development Quotes

• The Purpose and Goals of Staff Development

• The Staff Development Planning Matrix

• Ideas for Formal Recognition of Mentors

• What's Going on in Induction in the 50 United States? - A 2001 Survey

• Telementoring

Other Information: About & Help for Mentors

• The Principles of Adult Learning

• Advice for Beginning Teachers

• Characteristics of Effective Mentors

• The Essential Mentoring Strategy

• The Mentoring Process

• Mentoring at a Specific Grade or in a Specific Subject Area

• Trust Building

Peer & Mentor Coaching

• The Difference Between Mentoring and Peer Coaching

• Need for a Coordinator for Peer Coaching Programs

Administrators & Mentoring - Induction

• Mentoring New Administrators

• A Training on the Role of Administrators in Teacher Mentoring and Induction

Media About Mentoring and Induction

• "Mentoring to Improve Schools", Barry's Video, Published by ASCD - Great segments for mentor training

• Other Mentoring Media

Mentoring of Students

• Barry's Position on Mentoring of Students