A mentoring program drills down on the Common Core. (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Davis, Emily; Sinclair, Steve; Gschwend, Laura
• Is Part Of: Phi Delta Kappan. Volume 96:Number 6(2015:Mar.)
• Page Start: 59
• Page End: 64
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Education -- United States -- Periodicals; Greek letter societies -- Periodicals; Onderwijs; Éducation -- Périodiques; Associations désignées par des lettres grecques -- Périodiques; Éducation; Enseignement; Pédagogie; Politique éducative; Recherche en éducation; Réforme du système éducatif; Services aux élèves; Système éducatif; États-Unis; Étude comparée (Descripteur de forme); Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 371.0097305
• DOI: 10.1177/0031721715575302
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-7217

Abstract

The Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project -- under the aegis of the New Teacher Center -- devised a program to train teacher mentors to help new teachers incorporate the Common Core standards into their teaching. The three-year program yielded five critical lessons: Mentors need ongoing support to develop their readiness and willingness to guide new teachers in implementing the Common Core; mentors need to be grand generalists of the Common Core so they can work with teachers in many contexts; rolling out the Common Core requires leveraging resources and relationships in new ways; working with new teachers is a balancing act; and mentors and new teachers can quickly become Common Core leaders.