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ERIC Number: EJ514291
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1245
Mentoring the Marginal Urban School Teacher.
Leake, Brenda H.; Leake, Donald O.
Education and Urban Society, v28 n1 p90-102 Nov 1995
Some urban teachers are marginal teachers who are beginning to internalize a sense of hopelessness about their effectiveness. The characteristics and skills of potential mentors to help marginal teachers are discussed, and salient points to consider in establishing a model for mentoring marginal teachers are reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Elementary Secondary Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Mentors, Models, Professional Development, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Role, Urban Schools, Urban Teaching
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Marginal Teachers; Performance Monitoring
Note: Special issue entitled: "Mentoring Urban Teachers: Facilitating Professional Development," edited by Sabrina Hope King and Theresa M. Bey.