Maximum Mentoring is a powerful guide to the subjects of mentors, protgs, and the key relationships that can help you make the most of your life. You will learn how important it is to have a dynamic mentor in your life. Whether you are a business owner, an athlete, a coach, a pastor, a politician, a mother or a father-this book will teach you the mentoring principles that can catapult you and those you lead to success. You will learn to become the protg every dynamic and influential mentor is looking for. If you are a mentor, you will gain the knowledge on how to take your coaching and leadership to the next level. Using a unique blend of stories, facts, and biblical narratives, Maximum Mentoring reveals the ten key mentoring principles for success in life. It will show you how to: .Plan your goals so that you attract the right mentor .Pursue the people who can help you the most .Overcome the challenges and fears that are holding you back from the right relationships .Take control of your life and disconnect from the people hindering you from success The legendary basketball coach, John Wooden, said, "Mentoring.is why you should get up everyday-to teach and be taught." Read this book and start your journey to Maximum Mentoring! Dr. Cisco Victa is a pastor, motivational speaker, author, and entrepreneur. Known for his message of faith and total-life empowerment, Cisco takes audiences by storm with his powerful, practical, and revelation-filled messages and seminars. He earned his doctorate in theology from Life Christian University in Tampa, Florida and pastors Calvary Christian Center East in New Hampshire. Cisco lives in New Hampshire with his wife, Kati, and five children, Rhema, Faith, Francisco IV, Malacai, and Gloria-Grace.

"To be an effective mentor takes time and training. It requires a whole new set of skills. Maximum Mentoring offers an array of training strategies for mentors, and helps to codify what it means to be an effective mentor." —From the Foreword by Ellen Moir, Executive Director The New Teacher Center University of California, Santa Cruz What worries and activities did you think about most during your student teaching experience? What were your most consistent concerns? Your own experience as a student teacher is vital in the success of our next generation of teachers. New teacher development requires intensive levels of one-to-one training and mentoring. Maximum Mentoring provides you, the mentor, with an action guide through the complexities of the school-based mentoring process to ensure maximum success for both mentor and mentee. This excellent resource features: Step-by-step guidance for one-on-one mentoring and supervision of student teachers and novice teachers, including clear coverage of rules, roles, relationships, responsibilities, and procedures Hands-on essentials, such as reproducible forms, checklists, activities, answers to frequently asked questions, and reflective exercises for mentor and mentee Input on school-university supervisory partnerships Information on observation and feedback, formative assessment, summative evaluation, and professional growth and development Suggestions for working with struggling students and novice teachers As a mentor, you provide leadership by guiding the classroom-based portion of student teachers′ professional education as well as collaborative opportunities for new teachers to explore and reflect on their practice in a safe setting. The purpose of this essential text is to provide support for you as you support future teacher development.

The United States is abundantly rich in adults with "know how." By connecting mentors -- educated adults with expertise and knowledge -- with mentees -- teens and young adults who lack motivation, experience, and role models in their lives -- we can begin to close this gap dramatically. We can prepare the next generation for the jobs of tomorrow by adding real-world, project based experience to their education. Teach to Work is a call to action for mentors currently sitting on the sidelines. Whether you are a banker, lawyer, architect, accountant, engineer, IT specialist, or artist, you have the experience and skillset to become an ambassador of talent, grit, and transferable skills. The book provides a step-by-step guide to help professionals share their knowledge with the next generation of workers through this intergenerational experience. Based on Alper's fifteen years of mentoring inner-city high-school students, Teach to Work proves how corporations, professionals, and boomers can have a significant impact on the professional future of America's youth. Drawing from real-life stories and letters received from students, teachers, and fellow mentors describing pride of accomplishment, Alper helps professionals embark on this journey to transform lives, mentoring one student at a time.

This thoroughly updated Second Edition of the Handbook of Youth Mentoring presents the only comprehensive synthesis of current theory, research, and practice in the field of youth mentoring. Editors David L. DuBois and Michael J. Karcher gather leading experts in the field to offer critical and informative analyses of the full spectrum of topics that are essential to advancing our understanding of the principles for effective mentoring of young people. This volume includes twenty new chapter topics and eighteen completely revised chapters based on the latest research on these topics. Each chapter has been reviewed by leading practitioners, making this handbook the strongest bridge between research and practice available in the field of youth mentoring.

This updated resource helps mentors develop skills for guiding new teachers and offers reflections, discussion prompts, and role plays to promote effective interactions between mentors and beginning teachers.

The book also contains a special emphasis on under-prepared teachers and urban schools-those most in need of effective induction and mentoring and also the group that benefits the most from these types of programmes

"A much-needed resource for teacher mentors. The new and updated strategies and practical approach will give mentors crucial support as they provide assistance and encouragement to new teachers. Portner has clearly demonstrated the importance of both theory and practice in this practical guide." —Priscilla Miller, Director Center for Teacher Education & Research, Westfield State College A comprehensive guide for developing successful mentors! Quality mentoring can provide the support and guidance critical to an educator′s first years of teaching. In the latest edition of the best-selling Mentoring New Teachers, Hal Portner draws upon research, experience, and insights to provide a comprehensive overview of essential mentoring behaviors. Packed with strategies, exercises, resources, and concepts, this book examines four critical mentoring functions: establishing good rapport, assessing mentee progress, coaching continuous improvement, and guiding mentees toward self-reliance. Tools and topics new to this edition include: Teacher mentor standards based on the NBPTS Core Propositions and validated by members of the International Mentoring Association and other practitioners Classroom observation methods and competency instruments Tools to assess preferred learning styles Approaches to mentoring the nontraditional new teacher A guide for careerlong professional development School leaders, experienced and prospective mentors, and staff developers can use this step-by-step handbook to create a dynamic mentoring program or revitalize an existing one.