Issues in Mentoring

As the initial training of teachers becomes increasingly school-based, and as schools and colleges develop formal induction programs for their newly qualified teachers, the role of the teacher mentor is fast becoming a pivotal one in teacher education. Individual sections look at mentoring as it relates to initial training, induction, assessment and whole institution staff development. Throughout, the emphasis is on the ways in which mentoring contributes at all points in the continuum of professional development.