Mentoring New Special Education Teachers: A Guide for Mentors and Program Developers (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780761931331)

How do you avoid the high cost of turnover and retain high-quality special education teachers in such a demanding field?

Special education teachers are leaving the field at twice the rate of general education teachers. Why? Mentoring New Special Education Teachers will help administrators and other educators develop and sustain effective mentoring programs specifically designed for special education teachers, providing practical, field-tested activities and resources for both the mentors and the mentees, including such critical elements as:

• Effectively identifying, recruiting, and selecting mentors
• Action planning
• Evaluating progress
• Addressing diminishing support
• Dealing with burnout and isolation
• Vignettes of real-life mentoring experiences
• Figures, tables, appendices, and Web sites
• A ready-to-use two-day workshop for training mentors

Author: Mary Lou Duffy, James W. Forgan
ISBN-10: 0761931333
ISBN-13: 9780761931331
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2004
Pages: 184
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.62lbs
Size: 11.26h x 8.46w x 0.68d