The Mansfield KEEPS Mentoring Program promotes and supports continual professional development. We have provided our program members with several invaluable books to help develop and implement effective procedures, instruction, and professional growth.
The following books are suggested/required reading for the KEEPS program:http://youtu.be/odWYNnO5hy8
Summary: Ron Clark details the eleven important qualities that a superior teacher must embody, which includes enthusiasm, adventure, creativity, reflection, balance, compassion, confidence, humor, common sense, appreciation, and resilience.
How it is utilized in the KEEPS Program:
- Campus/Cluster New Teacher Dialogue
- Mentor-Mentee Workshop Presentation
Summary: This book provides our mentors and mentees with a wide array of strategies for actively engaging students, gathering pre-assessment data,integrating literacy across the curriculum, developing vocabulary, checking for understanding, building a classroom learning community, and scaffolding instruction for diverse learners.
Click here for the Why Didn't I Learn This in College PowerPoint
How it is utilized in the KEEPS Program:
- Mentor-Mentee Workshop Activity
- Daily Mentor-Mentee Collaboration
Blankstein, Alan. (2010). Failure Is Not An Option: 6 Principles For Making Student Success the Only Option. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.
http://www.mansfieldisd.org/departments/personnel/keeps-files/FNO.pdf
Summary: Provided from http://www.hopefoundation.org/
Five years, 200,000 readers, and one national award after Failure Is Not an Option® was first published, Alan M. Blankstein has documented how educators have closed gaps, turned schools around, and sustained overall success. With contributions from Pedro A. Noguera, Andy Hargreaves, and Dean Fink, this book outlines the who, what, and how of becoming a high-performing school and learning community, shows how to avoid ten common routes to failure, provides double the resources, includes many new case stories and examples, and offers new emphasis: Diversity, Assessment for learning, Intervention and support for students at risk,Schooling as a community endeavor involving families.
How it is utilized in the KEEPS Program:
- 2011-2012 Recommended Reading
- Supports Educational Philosophy of MISD
- Used in Conjunction with Campus HOPE Activities
Breaux, Anette L. (2003). 101 "Answers" for New Teachers and Their Mentors. Eye On Education Inc.
Summary: The 101 Answers provide a collection of "thought provokers," common sense startegies, and teaching tips for interactive sessions between new teachers and their mentors.
How it is utilized in the KEEPS Program:
- Mentor-Mentee Reading
- An Online Weekly "Tuesday Tip"
