The support you need for mindful mentoring and sustainable teacher success!Learn effective mentoring principles you can use as you guide novice teachers through their first years. This practical guide emphasizes a unique approach: mindful mentoring that aligns your mentoring conversations to teaching standards to more systematically prepare novice teachers for their teacher evaluation. You'll learn how to: Plan mentoring conversations and observationsPrevent teacher burnout by sharing social and emotional learning skillsIntegrate the updated INTASC Standards into mentoring conversationsThis updated edition provides a robust companion website featuring videos, downloadable forms, and a digital Mentor Planning Guide and Journal for reflection.Use with The First Years Matter, the companion guide for novice teachers!

ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroduction: Welcome to Mentoring in Action!Part I Inducting a Novice Teacher into the Teaching ProfessionInduction Programs Must Prepare and Support MentorsMentors Are Teacher LeadersSustainable MentoringWhat Is Mentoring in Action?Principles for Effective MentoringQualities and Skills of Effective MentorsPurposeful Mentoring ConversationsPart II Month-by-Month Mentoring: Supporting Novice TeachersWhy Do We Need a Mentoring Curriculum?A Month-by-Month Cycle for MentoringThe Transformation of a TeacherOrientation to the School and Community: Resources and ValuesBeginning the School Year Successfully: Creating a Community of Learners in the ClassroomTeaching for Understanding: Planning and Delivering Effective InstructionAssessing Diverse Leaders: How do Teachers Know Students Have Learned?Maintaining Balance: Teaching and Keeping the Students InterestedBeginning a New Calendar Year: Looking Back and Moving ForwardEngaging Students in the Curriculum: Focus on Content through Active InquiryCollaborating with Novice Teachers: Observing and Building a Trusting RelationshipStandards: Creating Meaningful Standards-Based Learning Experiences for StudentsAssessing Students¿ Progress: High-Stakes Tests and Teacher AssessmentCompleting the Year: Paperwork, Relationships, and Closing a RoomFinal Reflection and Planning For Next Year: Retreat, Reflect, Renew