Student Mentoring

Teaching Profession Better Mentoring, Better Teachers
Selecting the right teachers, training them well, and giving them the time they need are the keys to mentoring success, writes Dara Barlin.
Dara Barlin, March 23, 2010
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Student Well-Being & Movement Effective Teachers Found to Improve Peers' Performance
A new study’s findings have implications for how schools are staffed and educators are paid, researchers say.
Debra Viadero, September 1, 2009
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Student Well-Being & Movement Opinion How I Learned to Teach
“Some argue that great teachers have innate qualities they cannot learn from others. My experience suggests otherwise,” writes Eva Ostrum.
Eva Ostrum, February 10, 2009
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Student Well-Being & Movement Intensive Induction Shows Little Impact
A new study of two programs found they did not noticeably change teachers’ instructional practices, boost rates of teacher retention, or improve student-achievement outcomes, after a year of implementation.
Stephen Sawchuk, October 30, 2008
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6 min read
South Dakota Counts math specialist Roxane M. Dyk works with Colin Lagge on a math problem in a 4th grade class at Corsica Elementary School.
South Dakota Counts math specialist Roxane M. Dyk works with Colin Lagge on a math problem in a 4th grade class at Corsica Elementary School.
Photo by Dave Eggen/inertia for Education Week
Student Well-Being & Movement Math Specialists Roam South Dakota to Help Elementary Teachers
South Dakota officials created a professional-development and mentoring program that tries to build teachers’ confidence and content knowledge in math and encourages them to teach math in a different way.
Sean Cavanagh, October 28, 2008
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6 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Boston, Chicago Teacher 'Residencies' Gaining Notice
Preparation programs are seen as a promising strategy for staffing city schools.
Vaishali Honawar, September 11, 2008
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4 min read
BRIC ARCHIVE
Student Well-Being & Movement Commission Urges Comprehensive Induction Programs for Teachers
The National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future is calling on states, districts, and higher education institutions to offer formal teacher-induction programs that last for years and offer more than just individual mentoring.
Joetta L. Sack, March 28, 2008
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Student Achievement Minnesota Meets New Orleans in Mentoring Effort
Web program allows mentors, King students to stay in close touch for things like homework help, advice.
Lesli A. Maxwell, March 20, 2008
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4 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement Support Lacking for New Teachers
Contrary to popular wisdom, new teachers’ biggest job complaint is not low pay.
Anthony Rebora, March 12, 2008
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1 min read
Like Erik G. Brown, teachers in the long-troubled Ravenswood City School District in California feel a new sense of engagement.
Like Erik G. Brown, teachers in the long-troubled Ravenswood City School District in California feel a new sense of engagement.
Jessica Brandi Lifland for Teacher Magazine
Student Well-Being & Movement Supporting Teachers' Success
Intensive mentoring and staff development in a long-troubled California system is giving educators a chance to succeed.
Lynn Olson, March 12, 2008
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10 min read
Literacy coach Nancy McLean, left, takes notes while observing 1st grade teacher Charity Haviland working with students on a reading lesson at North Star Elementary.
Literacy coach Nancy McLean, left, takes notes while observing 1st grade teacher Charity Haviland working with students on a reading lesson at North Star Elementary.
Eric Lars Bakke for Teacher Magazine
Student Well-Being & Movement Teacher Coaches Find a Growing Role
Districts are turning to on-site coaches to enhance instruction and improve student achievement.
Bess Keller, March 12, 2008
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3 min read
Teaching Profession Ask the Mentor Teaching Diverse Populations: Part II
In this final installment, Costner shares a second booklist and answers your questions about being culturally responsive in the online classroom and at the school and district level.
December 12, 2007
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15 min read
Teaching Profession Ask the Mentor Teaching Diverse Populations
Dr. Kelley L. Costner shares her “Seven Principles for Training Culturally Responsive Teachers” and responds to your questions on how to navigate cultural and social biases with colleagues and students. First of two parts.
December 5, 2007
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12 min read
Student Well-Being & Movement New York Shifts Strategy on Mentoring New Teachers
A New York City mentoring program, once hailed as possibly the largest overhaul of teacher induction in the country, has been dismantled.
Bess Keller, October 4, 2007
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6 min read
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