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Best Practices In Induction & Mentoring

•  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