This practical, easy-to-implement guide was developed by surveying student teachers, substitute teachers, returning teachers, emergency credential teachers, and teacher educators.

Your Mentor contains their wide-ranging recommendations of what they wanted to see included in a teaching reference. Actual samples of lesson units, themes, and communications with parents are included along with easy-to-follow, classroom-tested suggestions for:

Making lesson plans

Keeping records

Using technology in the classroom

Planning special events

Developing and maintaining professional credentials and portfolios

This book is a valuable reference tool for those in their first few years of teaching, teachers returning to the classroom, and students considering the teaching profession. It will serve as a daily companion—like the experienced mentor we all want and need.