This unique and comprehensive handbook is written for cooperating teachers, mentors, college teacher educators, or anyone within the profession who works with student teachers. It serves as a guide to assist cooperating teachers in supporting both those student teachers who arrive for the teaching experience with natural gifts and abilities, and for those who must be carefully guided to reach their full potential. This book does not promote one right way of teaching; rather, it encourages the cooperating teacher to recognize diverse approaches. It can be used as a resource by referring to specific chapters that are most useful or of most interest, or it can be followed chapter by chapter. For supervisors and mentors of student teachers.

A Handbook of Techniques and Strategies for Coaching Student Teachers (2nd Edition)

Education & Teaching

Radford, Carol Pelletier

Schools & Teaching

Pearson

From the first steps of student teaching to the first teaching position, the Second Edition of Strategies for Successful Student Teaching provides a comprehensive resource and guide for pre-service teachers beginning their student teaching or practicum experience. 
 This text moves pre-service teachers through their practicum experiences sequentially, beginning with the question, “Why do you want to be a teacher?” It then progresses to the creation of a portfolio, tips for the job search, and a checklist for setting up a first classroom. The book has a hands-on approach, featuring practical activities that build on theory taught in methods courses and can be used in the field with college supervisors to strengthen the link between theory and practice.

Strategies for Successful Student Teaching: A Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition)

This one-of-a-kind resource walks new teachers and their mentors through a full year of exercises addressing everything from lesson planning to behavior management. Mentoring is one of the fastest-growing areas of teacher development. It is essential to teacher retention in an age of teacher shortages and teacher recruitment. It contains a month-by-month guide for both mentors and new teachers. It includes numerous forms and practical tips for creating effective mentoring meetings for both the new teacher and the student teacher. The book outlines how to identify and discuss difficult issues as mentors and new teachers work together. It also includes essential classroom management and discipline ideas for beginners.

Mentoring in Action: A Month-by-Month Curriculum for Mentors and Their New Teachers

Touch the Future...Teach!

Provenzo Jr., Eugene F.

DIAZ, CARLOS F.

The First Year Matters was written to be a companion to Mentoring in Action , also by Carol Pelletier. Organized in the same month-by-month format, The First Year Matters organizes the first hectic year of teaching so that new teachers and student teachers can have a ready reference for their thoughts and journal entries. It also provides topics of discussion for meeting with their mentor, activities for discussion, and goal setting for the coming month. For teachers who are required to maintain a district or state portfolio for licensing, this guide can be used to demonstrate what they have been doing each month. The first year of teaching is an overwhelming experience. Many new teachers are so busy that they overlook some of the basic skills of teaching. Working with a teacher mentor can aid new teachers in having a sounding board for questions and someone with whom to share the experience. Mentors are important to the success of the beginning teacher and to their continued success in the teaching profession. Often new teachers get discouraged in their first year and give up on teaching. This book is designed to help them through the crucial first year so they will stay in this wonderfully rewarding profession.

The First Year Matters: Being Mentored.....in Action

&nbsp; Illuminate your education path with uplifting lessons and mindful living practices. &nbsp; It takes courage, positivity, and passion to thrive as a teacher. This vivid and inspirational guide offers educators practical wisdom and strategies to promote their wellbeing and balance. Carol Pelletier Radford shares 10 important lessons for a fulfilling and lifelong career in education. In each lesson, readers will find: ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Stories of resilience from classroom teachers ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Self-care tips and assessments ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Reading Plans ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Podcasts with inspiring teachers and leaders

Teaching With Light: Ten Lessons for Finding Wisdom, Balance, and Inspiration (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

Corwin

Practical, thoughtful and inspiring―36 weeks of wisdom for new teachers. 
Every teacher has those moments, when the learning curve seems too steep, the workload feels too intense, and the faculty room coffee is too weak. But then there’s the moment when they open this book, and smile. Author Carol Pelletier Radford, a mentoring expert, has collected words of wisdom from experienced teachers across the country to help newer teachers thrive. She asked each of them, what is something you wished you knew when you were starting out as a teacher? The responses range from practical classroom management tips to reminders for self-care, and Radford has arranged them into weekly readings that provide advice from a chorus of seasoned educators to help those new to the profession thrive. Highlights include: Start-of-the-year routines for a compassionate culture―and the best classroom management Why consistency and embracing mistakes is important to students―now more than ever How to design experiences that create student engagement―and energize you Questions that help you guide a child toward positive behavior―with fairness, firmness and grace Daily self-care mindsets and rituals―from calming walks to podcasts to learning to say no 
When I Started Teaching, I Wish I Had Known... takes a teacher gently by the hand, through 36 weeks of the school year. Its practical strategies address lessons, feedback, building relationships, and so much more. But perhaps what this book does most brilliantly is speak to the person behind the teacher, reminding them that they are already gifted, because they are curious and kind.

"When I Started Teaching, I Wish I Had Known...": Weekly Wisdom for Beginning Teachers

Use this updated resource to prepare for your journey into teaching This newly revised and updated 2nd edition of The First Years Matter provides key actions steps and a flexible twelve-month curriculum - including July for reflection and planning - to help you proactively prepare for your first few years in the classroom. Maximize your effectiveness in the classroom as you: <ul>
<li>Apply mentoring lessons to differentiate instruction</li> <li>Integrate student voice </li> <li>Prepare for teacher observations and standardized testing </li> <li>Gather evidence to document your progress</li> </ul>
This updated version includes a robust companion website featuring videos, downloadable forms, and a journal for reflection. Use with Mentoring in Action, the companion guide for mentors!

The First Years Matter: Becoming an Effective Teacher: A Mentoring Guide for Novice Teachers (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

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: <ul>
<li>Plan mentoring conversations and observations </li> <li>Prevent teacher burnout by sharing social and emotional learning skills</li> <li>Integrate the updated INTASC Standards into mentoring conversations</li> </ul>
This 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!

Mentoring in Action: Guiding, Sharing, and Reflecting With Novice Teachers: A Month-by-Month Curriculum for Teacher Effectiveness (Corwin Teaching Essentials)

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