Being an Effective Mentor: How to Help Beginning Teachers to Succeed [Paperback]

Kathleen F. (Feeney) Jonson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0761945490 | ISBN-13: 978-0761945499 | Publication Date: June 15, 2002 | Edition: 1

Help mentor your beginning teachers with this comprehensive and practical guide that provides straightforward and useful information to develop effective mentoring strategies.

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"This is the book I have been looking for to help us grow our fledgling mentorship program. Dr. Jonson has answered all our questions, from how to select and support good mentors to how to evaluate the program’s effectiveness. Her book is filled with sound research-based ideas that we can-and will-implement tomorrow!" (Kathryn Carlson, Assistant Superintendent )

"Dr. Jonson’s book provides practical ideas for every mentor of new teachers. She gives concrete examples of how, when, and what to do to ensure that new teachers receive appropriate guidance in order to increase student achievement."

(Kristine Parker, Program Administrator, BTSA )

"All educators, administrators, and classrooms will benefit from reading Kathleen Jonson’s excellent handbook for mentor teachers. Readable, well-organized, and thorough, it contains everything a mentor teacher needs to know to establish a successful partnership with a beginning teacher." (Susan Gold, Year-Two Intern Supervisor )

About the Author

In her 40 years as an educator, Kathleen Feeney Jonson, Professor Emeritus, has been a teacher, taught director of staff development, principal, director of curriculum and instruction, and university faculty. She conducted numerous workshops for teachers and administrators on such topics as reading comprehension strategies, writing process, portfolio assessment, peer coaching, and beginning teacher assistance programs. Until her retirement in summer 2009, Jonson was professor of education and coordinator of the Master in Arts in Teaching Reading program at the University of San Francisco's School of Education. She published three books with Corwin Press, including The New Elementary Teacher's Handbook (1st edition 1997, 2nd edition 2001), Being an Effective Mentor: How to Help Beginning Teachers Succeed (1st edition 2002, 2nd edition 2007), and 60 Strategies for Improving Reading Comprehension in Grades K–8 (2006).

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Corwin Press; 1 edition (June 15, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761945490
• ISBN-13: 978-0761945499
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,226,234 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Comes from an educator and mentoring expert who identifies the skills that nurture beginning teachers, July 11, 2008

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This review is from: Being an Effective Mentor: How to Help Beginning Teachers Succeed (Paperback)

Kathleen Feeney Jonson's second edition of BEING AN EFFECTIVE MENTOR: HOW TO HELP BEGINNING TEACHERS SUCCEED comes from an educator and mentoring expert who identifies the skills that nurture beginning teachers, providing techniques for mentors which use feedback, role modeling, and a combination of teacher methods and assessment options. From establishing a new career path as a mentor to revitalizing an existing one, this covers many basics and is a fine survey for any college-level education collection.