Mentoring in Schools: A Handbook of Good Practice

by Fletcher, Sarah

• ISBN13: 9780749431839
• ISBN10: 0749431830
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Mentoring is a compulsory teaching requirement. This book provides a fully up-to-date mentoring guide for all practicing mentors working in schools at Primary and Secondary levels, as well as for those responsible for initial teacher training. Supported throughout by case studies and real life examples from a wide range of teachers and mentors, it addresses the issues of good mentoring from a practical skills point of view, presenting comprehensive and accessible guide to mentoring. The book simply and concisely details best practice across the range of school mentoring and also serves as a guide to establishing a departmental or whole-school mentoring policy, in line with TTA recommendations...

Author Biography

Sarah Fletcher is a lecturer and researcher in education at the University of Bath.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	x
Introduction: what is mentoring?	1	(14)
Part 1. Developing your mentoring
Structured mentoring	15	(12)
How you can develop the teaching skills you already have	27	(9)
Mentoring for your own professional development	36	(11)
Researching your own practice in mentoring	47	(14)
Part 2. The process of mentoring
Observation of lessons	61	(12)
Giving feedback to your mentee	73	(11)
Planning lessons with your mentee	84	(11)
Stimulating reflective practice	95	(12)
Part 3. Mentoring in a school context
Making the most of partnership	107	(12)
Mentoring within a SCITT consortium	119	(10)
Mentoring within a subject department	129	(11)
Mentoring: a whole-school issue	140	(13)
Part 4. Contexts for mentoring
Form tutor mentoring	153	(11)
Using the Career Entry Profile	164	(11)
Working with a newly qualified teacher	175	(10)
Appraising competence	185	(12)
Part 5. Developing competence through mentoring
Knowledge and understanding	197	(12)
Planning teaching and classroom management	209	(12)
Monitoring, assessment, recording, reporting and accountability (MARRA)	221	(13)
Other professional requirements	234	(11)
Glossary	245	(1)
References	246	(4)
Further reading	250	(5)
Index	255