Supporting Teachers as Learners: A Guide for Mentors and Coaches in Early Care and Education

By Diana Schaack, Marcy Whitebook, Dan Bellm

Mentoring is a key strategy for supporting educators at any stage in their careers--and for improving teacher practice. This guide is an effective, activity-based way to reflect on, practice, and sharpen your skills as a mentor, coach, or technical assistance provider, and it can be adapted to a wide variety of early care and education settings.

Supporting Teachers as Learners: A Guide for Mentors and Coaches in Early Care and Education includes activities and worksheets for hands-on learning and addresses

The variety of mentoring programs operating today;
Understanding adult learning and development;
Building strong mentor-prot g relationships and appreciating and understanding differences;
Skills and strategies for effective mentoring; and
Mentors as leaders and learners.

This book is published by the American Federation of Teachers Education Foundation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0615838995
• ISBN13: 9780615838991
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Redleaf Press
• Length: 75 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.4" x 10.9"