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• Professional Development
• Culture and Mentoring
• Mentors/Mentoring
• Resources
• Action Research
• Learning Communities
• Training Materials and Programs
• School Coaching
• National Organizations

Professional Development

• North Central Regional Education Laboratory: Professional Development
  This content is designed for educators interested in improving professional development. It includes a comprehensive view of professional development and links to a variety of professional development tools.
• National Staff Development Council: Staff Development Basics
  This website is a place to start for educators new to the field of staff development. Important definitions and tools to get you started are highlighted.
  

Culture and Mentoring

• Mentoring—Transforming School Culture
  This paper suggests that the leadership in a school and the existence of a formal mentoring program affect teacher professional development, and that the administration needs to embody the values of commitment, sharing, trust, and support which underpin the concept of mentoring.
  

Mentors/Mentoring

• Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO)
  The Council seeks member consensus on major educational issues and expresses their views to civic and professional organizations, federal agencies, Congress, and the public.
• Mighty Mentors
  Teaching.com provides a free mentoring service that enables teachers to mentor one another via email.
• A Quiver Full: Mentoring Strategies Book
  A product that provides many ideas for mentoring.
• Mentoring the Mentor: A Challenge for Staff Development
  Staff developers usually deal with four major tasks: a) selecting and training individuals to serve as mentors, b) matching mentors with protégés, c) setting goals and expectations, and d) establishing the mentor program. Within these four tasks is the opportunity for staff developers to guide the mentorship of others becoming mentors themselves.
• Characteristics of a Mentor
  Characteristics of effective mentors are identified and reviewed.
• Best Practices Resources
  A website with over 100 proven resources which target performance and increased employee retention.
• National Education Association—Mentoring
  Numerous articles, research, and resources on mentoring.
  

Resources

• New Teacher Advocate
  This newsletter informs, encourages, and inspires new teachers through its practical articles on classroom strategies and problem solving, topical advice from experienced teachers, and anecdotes from fellow new teachers.
• The Mentor’s Guide: Facilitating Effective Learning Relationships
  Information, checklists, and forms that can provide support to beginning teacher leaders and maintaining a successful mentoring program.
• The Mentor’s Handbook: Practical Suggestions for Collaborative Reflection and Analysis
  This handbook offers practical strategies you can put to immediate use ‘as is’ or tailored to your own particular mentoring situation.
• Quality Teaching in a Culture of Coaching
  This book covers the value of coaching, the coaching process, and the application of coaching. It is a valuable resource for training administrators, mentors, and coaches.
  

Action Research

• Action Research
  Links to books, other websites, and articles related to action research.
• Action Research: Building Powerful Learning Communities
  The basics and five phases of action research as discussed in a presentation by Cathy Caro-Bruce in 2004.
  

Learning Communities

• Department of Education, State of Florida
  The basics and five dimensions of learning communities as discussed in a presentation by Cathy Berlington-Gustafson in 2004.
  

Training Materials and Programs

• TeachinFlorida.com
  This website provides a training program for training mentors and reading coaches. Training includes the strategies of working with, coaching, and supporting classroom teachers.
• Performance Learning Systems
  This website provides quality products and services to educators including graduate courses, professional development, and online courses.
• NSDC Standards for Staff Development
  The National Staff Development Council's revised Standards for Staff Development reflect what NSDC and the broader staff development community have learned about professional learning since the creation of the original standards in 1995.
• National Staff Development Council: Library
  This library contains articles that originally appeared in one of the NSDC publications.
• Mentoring Guidebook Level 1: Starting the Journey
  This first volume defines the mentor's role and provides tools for building trust and effective communication.
• Mentoring Guidebook Level 2: Exploring Teaching Strategies
  This second volume further explores the key skills and strategies of a successful mentoring relationship.

School Coaching

• Powerful Designs for Professional Learning, NSDC (2004)
  This publication describes 21 significant learning strategies and how they work in practice, a rationale for their use, the steps involved in introducing and using them, and a list of resources for more information.
• Teachermentor.com
  Numerous resources and links relating to mentoring and coaching.
  

National Organizations

• 47 Mentoring Information Categories
  Numerous mentoring and induction resources organized into 47 categories.
• The Mentoring Leadership & Resource Network (MLRN)
  MLRN’s intent is to help educators everywhere access the best practices in mentoring and induction and create a ‘mentoring initiative’.

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