EDUC 579 - Workshop: Mentoring Beginning Teachers

Credit(s): 1
Lecture: 1
Non-Lecture: 0

Focuses on the process of mentoring in support of first-year teachers. Special attention will be given to helping prepare experienced classroom teachers for the new role of being a mentor to a first-year teacher. The course will focus on: the process of mentoring, the induction process, techniques of observation, and problems related to mentoring. Students will analyze current research on mentoring and induction.

Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor; permanent certification; experience with supervision of student teachers.