Mentoring for School Quality (eBook)

How Educators Can Be More Professional and Effective

Bruce S. Cooper, Carlos R. McCray (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
135 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4758-1801-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book will help educators/practitioners become better mentors, expand the dialogue on what makes a good mentor, and it will add new and critical insight into the literature. This book is contributed by a balance of scholars and practitioners and will be a timely contribution to the field as more educators seek out mentors in a time educational chaos.

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Making Mentoring Work should help educators to mentor or to be mentored effectively in our schools. We all have had mentors, those key adults from family, work, or schools who have assisted us in learning and becoming good adults, skilled and able professionals, and contributing member of community and society. Although it's not easy, it does occur, is doable, and this book seeks to help everyone educators, in particular -- both to be mentored and to be a mentor. In fact, the authors believe and show that everyone needs mentoring and many have the capacity, knowledge, and savvy to be a helpful mentor to others in their field, school, and world.

Autor

Dr Carlos R. McCray is the Division Chair and Associate Professor for the Educational Leadership, Administration, and Policy Division. He is the co-author of the books, Cultural Collision and Collusion: Reflections on Hip-Hop Culture, Values, and Schools and School Leadership in a Diverse Society: Helping Schools Prepare All Students for Success. Professor McCray has worked with school leaders and educators in the metropolitan areas of Atlanta, New York City and London, UK.Bruce S. Cooper, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus at Fordham University, Grad. School of Education, with a focus on research including: (1) politics and policy in education with books, Better Policies, Better Schools, and Handbook of Education Politics and Policy; (2) in private school religious education, with his book, Blurring the Lines, and, "Finding a Golden Mean in Education Policy: Centering Religious and Public Schools”, in the Peabody Journal of Education; (3) fixing school problems, with books, Fixing Truancy Now with Jon Shute; and Truancy Revised with Rita Brause.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Building Professional Relationships by Mentoring, Bruce S. CooperChapter 2: Mentoring for School Improvement, Laverne NimmonsChapter 3: Existential Leadership and Mentoring by Principals, Robert RiccuitiChapter 4: Climate Controller: Principals Creating Optimal Environment for Teacher Development, Dagoberto Artiles Chapter 5: The Key Components of Mentoring in School Leadership: Preparation Programs and Leadership Assignments, Tyrone BynoeChapter 6: A Cultural Approach to Mentoring New Teachers, Donna Redman, Sharon Conley,& Terry DealChapter 7: Teacher Mentoring Practices and Models: What Can We Learn from Research and Effective Practices? Chun ZhangChapter 8: Mentoring College Students with Disabilities: Processes and Program, Carol & Marshall StraxChapter 9: The Future of Mentoring: Strengthening Sustainability through a Humanistic Approach, Samuel Thomas Martin, Phyllis F. Reggio, & Carlos R. McCrayIndex

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.10.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Schulbuch / Allgemeinbildende Schulen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Didaktik
• ISBN-10: 1-4758-1801-7 / 1475818017
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4758-1801-7 / 9781475818017