Becoming a High-Performance Mentor: A Guide to Reflection and Action / Edition 1

by James B Rowley

Overview

Used to successfully train thousands of teachers, the author's mentoring framework provides a developmental approach to the mentoring process that ensures personal and professional growth.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412917667
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	06/21/2006
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

James B. Rowley is the James Leary Professor in the School of Education and Allied Professions at the University of Dayton and the executive director of the Institute for Technology-Enhanced Learning.

Over the past 20 years, he has focused his scholarship on the training and support of mentors and beginning teachers and has served as an entry-year program consultant and mentor teacher trainer for over 100 school districts. He is also the co-creator of other multimedia training programs, including Recruiting and Training Successful Substitute Teachers (1998), Becoming a Star Urban Teacher (1995), and Mentoring the New Teacher (1994).

In addition to the multimedia publications listed above, Rowley is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and monographs. He is the author of the Corwin Press book Becoming a High-Performance Mentor: A Guide to Reflection and Action (2006). Rowley has delivered over 200 presentations at professional conferences and has led training programs throughout the United States. In 1993 and 995, he was the recipient of the National Association of Teacher Educator’s annual award for Distinguished Research in Teacher Education. In 1985, he was selected as a national semi-finalist in the NASA’s Teacher in Space program and competed for the chance to be the first private citizen in space. He earned his doctorate in educational policy and leadership from The Ohio State University.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Introduction
Many Right Ways
Depends on What?
A Framework for Reflection and Self-Assessment
2. Mentoring
Low- to High-Performance Mentoring
Quality Mentoring as Quality Conversation
Good Mentoring as Good Teaching
Mentoring as Pathway to Personal Growth
The Development of the Mentoring Relationship
Questions for Reflection on Mentoring
3. Committing
Commitment and Influence
Causes of Low Mentor Commitment
Low Mentee Commitment
Commitment Indicators
Questions for Reflection on Committing
4. Accepting
The Challenge of Acceptance
Relationship of Acceptance and Understanding
Acceptance Indicators
Questions for Reflection on Accepting
5. Communicating
A Conversation Revisited
Developmental Mentoring
Beliefs Influence Practice
The Mentor Teacher Beliefs Inventory
From Theory to Practice
To Guide or Not to Guide
Communication Indicators
Questions for Reflection on Communicating
6. Coaching
Relationship of Mentoring to Coaching
Cognitive Coaching
Coaching for Confidence and Competence
Coaching as Cognitive Apprenticeship
The Role of Observation in Coaching
Coaching Indicators
Questions for Reflection on Coaching
7. Learning
Embracing New Ideas
Open to New Behaviors
Formal and Informal Teacher Learning
A Framework for Teacher Learning
Learning Indicators
Questions for Reflection on Learning
8. Inspiring
Personal Reflections on Inspiration
Inspiration Indicators
Questions for Reflection on Inspiring
References
Index

Editorial Reviews

"The author writes with great honesty and openness to provide wonderful information about mentoring processes and tools while providing a resource rich in reflective questions surrounded by thoughtful and meaningful quotes. A wonderful and helpful resource for all principals and mentors! "

Kathryn Kee

"The book's how-to approach makes it very straightforward, and Rowley uses appropriate examples to illustrate the various points being made or skills being presented. "

Teaching Theology & Religion

"I recommend this book to mentor program coordinators who are looking to refine the training and practice of their existing mentors. It goes deeper into the process of mentoring and reflection. "

Audrey Lakin

"Reading this book can be energizing, given the wide-ranging ideas and experiences that have been collected by the authorduring years of teaching and conducting mentor training workshops across the country. The examples feel authentic and the information provided has a 'that-makes-sense' ring to it. "

May 2007 Psyc CRITIQUES

"Rowley speaks with authority and integrity—authority from the perspective of being a mentor to mentors and integrity because he speaks from experience. "

Lois Brown Easton

"This is a fabulous book! I serve as a mentor principal, but I didn't receive much training in the how-to's of being a mentor. I wish I had read this book years ago! "

Becky Cooke

"Rowley offers substance for mentors who have already been through initial training and who now have some experience. It's also a good book for experienced mentors to use as a 'tune up' for their mentoring skills. "

Tom Ganser

"Reading this book can be energizing, given the wide-ranging ideas and experiences that have been collected by the authorduring years of teaching and conducting mentor training workshops across the country. The examples feel authentic and the information provided has a 'that-makes-sense' ring to it."

May 2007 PsycCRITIQUES

"Reading this book can be energizing, given the wide-ranging ideas and experiences that have been collected by the authorduring years of teaching and conducting mentor training workshops across the country. The examples feel authentic and the information provided has a 'that-makes-sense' ring to it. "

Psyc CRITIQUES: Contemporary Psychology