Making Science Mentors: A 10-Session Guide for Middle Grades

Date:2007
Author(s):Bernie Zubrowski, Vivian Troen, and Marian Pasquale
Format:Book, Video/DVD
Making Science Mentors prepares effective mentors of middle school science teachers using a long-term, inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning how to be a more effective science educator. Developed under a grant from the National Science Foundation, the principles behind this guide’s procedures and materials were field-tested with 50 mentors and new teachers in a variety of middle schools.

Making Science Mentors comes with everything you need to set up and run a comprehensive program:

  • 10 session-by-session lesson plans
  • A planning and observation protocol to guide mentor-mentee interaction, both in conferences and during classroom observation
  • Handouts and transparencies (on paper and on CD) for use in preparing mentors
  • Video clips on DVD that show middle-grades science classrooms and teacher mentoring

This guide is ideal if you have state, district, or school-based teacher preparation programs and don’t want to start from scratch when setting up a research-based mentoring system.

For more information, contact Marian Pasquale at mpasquale@edc.org

To purchase a copy of this book, visit the NSTA Press Web site.