Mentoring Links

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This funding does not constitute or imply endorsement by the Oregon Department of Education.

Best Practices Resources
Resources dealing with mentoring and staff development.
http://www.teachermentors.com/
Lifelines to the Classroom: Designing Support for Beginning Teachers
Published by WestEd, this article discusses types of support and strategies for supporting beginning teachers.
http://www.wested.org/online_pubs/tchrbrief.pdf
MiddleWeb
Provides links to teacher mentoring resources
http://www.middleweb.com/mentoring.html
National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education (NCPSE): Retention of Special Education Professionals: A Practical Guide for Strategies and Activities for Educators and Administrators
http://www.special-ed-careers.org/pdf/retguide.pdf
New Teachers Online
Part of Teachers Network.org, By Teachers, For Teachers. This site has online mentors, resources for new teachers, a helpline, How To...., instructional videos, and lesson plans.
http://teachersnetwork.org/ntol/

Peer Coaching for Improvement of Teaching and Learning
Published on Teachers Network.org, this article deals with issues, components, benefits and recommendations for Peer Coaching programs.
http://www.teachnet.org/TNPI/research/growth/becker.htm
Teachers Helping Teachers: The Path to School Improvement
The Fall, 1999 issue of Edutopia, is devoted to research and resources for mentoring and teacher support.
http://glef.org/EdutopiaPDF/Fall99.pdf
Teachers Network; For New Teacher
New Teachers Online explores the experience of being a teacher and lots of helpful information.
http://www.teachnet.org/ntol/
Supporting New Teachers: The Good Mentor
May 1999 article in Educational Leadership, which identifies six qualities of good mentors.
http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/9905/rowley.html

Sites listed here are not necessarily endorsed by the Oregon Department of Education,
Office of Student Learning and Partnerships.
They are listed for informational purposes only.