Leaders Helping Leaders : A Practical Guide to Administrative Mentoring

by John C. Daresh

• ISBN13: 9780761977803
• ISBN10: 0761977805
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-02
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

"This is truly a how-to book for designing and implementing a mentoring program. Daresh pulls the reader in with a relaxed style and logical structure. The reader finds practical info about the possible pitfalls of starting a mentoring program and how to deal with them. I highly recommend this book." Frank Buck, Principal Graham Elementary School Talladega, AL Mentoring has been effective for teachers helping teachers and students helping students. John C. Daresh, educational leadership expert, brings this successful process to educational administrators in his recently updated Leaders Helping Leaders, Second Edition. In his highly acclaimed book, he offers a practical and up-to-date plan to pair experienced administrators with new and struggling colleagues to support continuity of leadership and create effective education. In addition to the three-phase model of planning, implementing, and assessing, this updated edition includes: Special focus on promoting more diverse and multicultural schools Updated scenarios responding to critical concerns for todaya??s school administrators In Leaders Helping Leaders, Second Edition Daresh details how to plan, implement, and incorporate a structured mentoring program into any school setting. A sample mentoring background quiz, real-life scenarios, a mentor-protégé action planning form, and details of training aids available for school system planners are just a few of the concrete aids this book offers to create a dynamic leadership mentoring program. This is an essential resource guide for every school or school district that wants to maintain administrative continuity and improve education.

Table of Contents

About the Author	ix
Introduction	xi
Part I: Planning the Mentoring Program for School Leaders	1	(30)
What Is Mentoring, and Why Is It So Important?	3	(7)
Why Start a Mentoring Program?	5	(1)
Benefits to Mentors	5	(1)
Benefits to Proteges	6	(1)
Benefits to Districts	7	(1)
Potential Problems With Mentoring	8	(1)
Summarizing the Chapter	9	(1)
Initial Program Development	10	(10)
Planning a Program: A Typical Case	10	(1)
Mentoring Planning Team: Setting the Stage	11	(2)
Implementation: Putting It All Together	13	(3)
Appraisal: How Did It Work?	16	(2)
Summarizing the Chapter	18	(2)
What Is Our Purpose?	20	(11)
Decide the Target Groups	20	(2)
Two Cases	22	(2)
Identifying a Purpose	24	(1)
Administrators: A Special Case	25	(2)
Checking Your Plan	27	(2)
Summarizing the Chapter	29	(2)
Part II: Implementing Your Program	31	(64)
Who Is a Mentor?	33	(10)
Characteristics of Mentors: One Case	33	(2)
Characteristics of Mentors: A Second Case	35	(1)
Are Effective Principals Always Good Mentors?	36	(1)
What Are Some Characteristics of Effective Mentors?	37	(2)
Danger Signals	39	(1)
Responsibilities of Mentors	40	(1)
Checking Your Plan	41	(1)
Summarizing the Chapter	41	(2)
Preparing People to Serve as Mentors	43	(14)
Domain 1: Orientation to Mentoring	43	(2)
Domain 2: Instructional Leadership	45	(2)
Domain 3: Human Relations Skills	47	(3)
Domain 4: Mentor Process Skills	50	(3)
Domain 5: Local Implementation Issues	53	(1)
Checking Your Plan	54	(1)
Summarizing the Chapter	55	(2)
The Match Game	57	(8)
A Case of a Bad Match	57	(2)
Mentor Matching: Some Myths	59	(1)
So, What Criteria Should You Use?	60	(1)
Some Additional Thoughts	61	(2)
Checking Your Plan	63	(1)
Summarizing the Chapter	64	(1)
Now That You Are a Mentor, What Do You Do?	65	(10)
A Case in Point	65	(4)
Additional Responsibilities of Mentors	69	(1)
Consultation Skills	70	(2)
Developing an Action Plan	72	(1)
Checking Your Plan	72	(1)
Summarizing the Chapter	73	(2)
Mentoring for Beginning Leaders	75	(12)
Beginning Administrators' Needs	77	(1)
Beginning Principals: Two Cases	78	(2)
How Could Mentoring Help?	80	(6)
Summarizing the Chapter	86	(1)
Mentoring for Veterans	87	(8)
Mentoring for Veterans: Two Cases	87	(3)
Mentoring for Experienced Transfers	90	(1)
Mentoring for Veterans Within a System	91	(2)
Checking Your Plan	93	(1)
Summarizing the Chapter	94	(1)
Part III: Assessing Your Program	95	(18)
How Do We Know Whether It Worked?	97	(10)
Case Study: A Remarkable Coincidence	97	(1)
Evaluation Questions	98	(6)
Checking Your Plan	104	(1)
Summarizing the Chapter	105	(2)
What Is Next?	107	(6)
Moving Beyond Starting a Program	107	(1)
How Does Professional Development Fit?	108	(1)
Reviewing Local Priorities	109	(1)
What Happens After Mentoring?	109	(1)
Checking Your Plan	110	(1)
Summarizing the Chapter	111	(2)
Appendix A: Answers to the Mentoring Background Quiz in Chapter 1	113	(2)
Appendix B: Mentoring Scenarios	115	(4)
Appendix C: Mentor-Protege Action Planning Form	119	(2)
Suggested Readings	121	(2)
Index	123