Course Description
Description, analysis, and appraisal of mentoring for pre-service and in-service teachers, and an examination of content, processes, roles, and responsibilities in interactions of mentors and teachers of prekindergarten through grade eight.
Athena Title
MENTORING
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EDEC(EDMS) 8190 or ESSE 8190
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Student will be able to develop mentoring skills for working with preservice and inservice teachers. Student will be able to analyze mentor teacher interactions in order to improve teaching. Student will be able to review professional standards for evaluation of teaching. Student will be able to critique the research literature on mentoring.
Topical Outline
Mentoring role; mentoring preservice teachers; mentoring inservice teachers; evaluation of teaching; strategies for providing feedback; approaches to teacher development