Interviews with proteges regarding their perceptions of their significant mentoring relationship revealed several common characteristics, including mentors' responsiveness to proteges' needs, proteges' appreciation of the mentoring relationship and admiration of their mentors' personal values and character traits, and proteges' tendencies to…

This definition of mentoring, focusing on its application to the teaching profession, points out the paradoxes and conflicts in the mentoring process, viewed as a transcendental experience for the mentor and a transformational experience for the protege. (CB)

The possibilities of the use of case literature by mentor teachers to convey theoretical knowledge to beginning teachers and to promote reflection and analysis are explored through a review of the advantages for mentor teachers, beginning teachers, and the school, as well as some obstacles and topics for cases that master teachers could develop.…

Mentor teacher programs counter the organizational defects that hinder effective practice and are critical first step in helping all teachers to foster a working environment of collegial assistance in the interest of improved instruction and student achievement. (CB)