The Good Teacher Mentor

by Trubowitz, Sidney; Robins, Maureen Picard; Sarason, Seymour Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780807743881
• ISBN10: 0807743887
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Teachers College Pr

Author Biography

Sidney Trubowitz is professor emeritus from Queens College Maureen Picard Robins is now a staff developer in Queens, New York

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Seymour B. Sarason
Introduction	1	(6)
Starting the Mentorship	7	(13)
First Sessions, First Reactions	20	(13)
In the Classroom: Trying Methods from a Book	33	(16)
The Lesson That Fails	49	(8)
Integrating the Academic with the Personal	57	(5)
Other Teachers, Administrators, and the School's Social System	62	(9)
Job Pressures	71	(6)
Relating to Parents	77	(11)
The Standardized Test	88	(7)
The End of the Year	95	(8)
What We've Learned	103	(12)
Appendix A Sid's Checklist for Mentors	115	(2)
Appendix B Maureen's List of Do's and Don'ts for Mentors	117	(2)
Appendix C Maureen's List of Do's and Don'ts for Mentees	119	(2)
References	121	(2)
Suggested Readings	123	(6)
Index	129	(5)
About the Authors	134