Mentoring Literature

An Overview of the Mentoring

Process

The Mentoring Relationship

How to make the most of your

time with your Mentee

Title: Mentoring: A Learning Collaboration

Author: M. Goodyear
Year: 2006
Key Points: Describes what is involved while
mentoring, how mentoring is done, the benefits of
mentoring, and what organizations can do to
promote mentoring.

Title: Because No One Gets There Alone:

Collaboration as Co-Mentoring
Authors: J. Jipson & N. Paley
Year: 2000
Key Points: Describes the co-mentoring
relationship and gives a lot of insight on how to
communicate effectively with another
professional.
Title: Teachers Perceptions of their Mentoring
Role in Three Different Clinical Settings: Student
Teaching, Early Field Experiences, and Entry Year
Teaching
Authors: P. Beam, D. Cochran, D. Gut, J. Henning
& R. Knight
Year: 2014
Key Points: Describes the differences in
mentoring across three different clinical settings:
student teaching, early field experiences, and
entry year teachers.
Title: 10 Things to know about Mentoring Student
Teachers
Author: D. Larkin
Year: 2013
Key Points: This article focuses on student
teaching and how it is a critical period that can
affect how a person performs in the classroom
early on.

Title: Making Mentoring Matter: Perspectives from

Veteran Mentor Teachers
Author: S. Robinson & C. St. George
Year: 2011
Key Points: Two veteran teachers discuss the
importance of high-quality mentoring for novice
teachers and share reflections of what theyve
learned from mentoring experiences.
Title: Mentors Providing Challenge and Support:
Integrating Concepts from Teacher Mentoring in
Education and Organizational Mentoring in
Business
Author: R. Ghosh
Year: 2012
Key Points: Reviews and critiques the literature
on mentoring functions and roles in education and
business to inform the use of mentoring as a
developmental tool in both fields.

Title: Mentoring Beginning Teachers: Guiding,

Reflecting, Coaching
Authors: J. Boreen, M. Johnson, D. Niday & J. Potts
Year: 2009
Key Points: This book gives an extensive
overview of mentoring and its practices. It
provides specific mentoring strategies, specific
classroom situations and learners, the school
system, and professional development.

Title: A New Teacher Mentoring Knowledge Base

Author: B. Sweeny
Year: 1994
Key Points: This website offers the purposes for
mentoring, the mentors role and tasks, and how
to select a proper mentor.

Title: Mentoring Matters

Authors: C. Humbard, L. Lipton & B. Wellman
Year: 2001
Key Points: This reference guide for mentors
offers structures, strategies, and tools for
developing expertise in teaching through
mentoring partnerships.

Title: Beginning Teacher Success: An

Investigation into the Feedback from Mentors and
Formal Mentoring Programs
Authors: A. Barrera, R. Braley & J. Slate
Year: 2010
Key Points: Describes a review of teacher
mentoring programs/induction programs from first
year mentors point of views.

Title: The Role of the Mentor in Supporting New

Teachers: Associations with Self-Efficacy,
Reflection, and Quality
Authors: E. Davis, J. LoCasale-Crouch, R. Pianta &
P. Wiens
Year: 2012
Key Points: A study conducted to examine the
varying aspects of mentoring programs.
Title: Navigating the Roles of Leadership:
Mentors Perspectives on Teacher Leadership
Authors: B. Davis, C. Gilles, S. McGlamery & S.
Shillingstad
Year: 2015
Key Points: This qualitative study describes
leadership qualities of three veteran teachers and
how they developed and shared their skills as
leaders with their mentees and colleagues.