Mentoring New Teachers Author:Hal Portner This is a timely, user-friendly, interactive book on mentoring for new teachers. The authors guides the reader in the ways of mentoring, presenting the important aspects of coaching, guiding, relating, and assessing within a conceptual and practical framework. He provides practical and concrete suggestions, makes reference to a variety of techni... more »ques, and uses various learning style inventories - all in an open-ended manner, challenging the readers to further explore and expand on the myriad ideas presented. This will be a valuable resource to teachers currently serving as mentors, or those considering doing so, school administrators, especailly principals, planning induction and orientation programs for new staff, or trying to engage more veteran teachers in mentoring; and faculty in schools of teacher preparation.« less